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[[Image:Monet.jpg|right|thumb|Claude Monet Reading by [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], 1872.]]

[[Image:Monet.jpg|right|thumb|Claude Monet Reading by [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], 1872.]]

'''Claude Oscar Monet''' (1840-1926) was a [[French]] painter and the "founder of [[impressionism]]" who became known for his landscapes and for series of paintings showing changes under different aspects of light and atmosphere during different times of day and year. Some of the most well known of the series are "Water Lilies" and "Haystacks".  

'''Claude Oscar Monet''' (1840–1926) was a [[French]] painter and the "founder of [[impressionism]]" who became known for his landscapes and for series of paintings showing changes under different aspects of light and atmosphere during different times of day and year. Some of the most well known of the series are "Water Lilies" and "Haystacks".  

Monet may have become more [[Christian]] as he grew older, given that he painted images of the [[Crucifix]] and did multiple paintings of a church that were celebrated for their unique depiction of light.<ref name="Religion">https://hollowverse.com/claude-monet/</ref>  Also, his best friend late in life was the priest at his local parish church in [[France]], and his second wife was a devout [[Catholic]].<ref name="Religion"/>  Despite all this, Wikipedia prominently insists Monet was somehow an [[atheist]] without quoting any evidence in support.

Monet may have become more [[Christian]] as he grew older, given that he painted images of the [[Crucifix]] and did multiple paintings of a church that were celebrated for their unique depiction of light.<ref name="Religion">https://hollowverse.com/claude-monet/</ref>  Also, his best friend late in life was the priest at his local parish church in [[France]], and his second wife was a devout [[Catholic]].<ref name="Religion"/>  Despite all this, Wikipedia prominently insists Monet was somehow an [[atheist]] without quoting any evidence in support.

In 1867 his first child, a son named Jean, was born to Monet and his girlfriend Camille-Léonie Doncieux. They were married 3 years later, in 1870. Between 1870 and 1871, Monet studied the works of [[John Constable]] and [[William Turner]] in London. There he met the art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel who later sponsored some of his exhibitions, and Pissarro. His second child, a son, Michel, was born in 1878. At that time Monet faced continuing financial difficulties and moved in with his former patron Ernest Hoschedé. Monet's wife Camille died of tuberculosis in 1879, and Monet and his children continued to live in the Hoschedé household.   

In 1867 his first child, a son named Jean, was born to Monet and his girlfriend Camille-Léonie Doncieux. They were married 3 years later, in 1870. Between 1870 and 1871, Monet studied the works of [[John Constable]] and [[William Turner]] in London. There he met the art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel who later sponsored some of his exhibitions, and Pissarro. His second child, a son, Michel, was born in 1878. At that time Monet faced continuing financial difficulties and moved in with his former patron Ernest Hoschedé. Monet's wife Camille died of tuberculosis in 1879, and Monet and his children continued to live in the Hoschedé household.   

Monet formed a group of artists in 1874 who called themselves the Société Anonyme des Artistes. Monet displayed his painting "'''Impression, Sunrise'''", at the group's first exhibition, and the name impressionist was first used for his style of painting, and was applied to his group of painters as well, who became known as "impressionists".<ref>http://academic.scranton.edu/student/KOSINSKIK2/Life.html</ref>  

Monet formed a group of artists in 1874 who called themselves the Société Anonyme des Artistes. Monet displayed his painting, "'''Impression, Sunrise'''", at the group's first exhibition, and the name impressionist was first used for his style of painting, and was applied to his group of painters as well, who became known as "impressionists".<ref>http://academic.scranton.edu/student/KOSINSKIK2/Life.html</ref>  

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