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== Adulthood ==

== Adulthood ==

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

[[Image:Claude Monet.jpg|thumb|left|Claude Monet by [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]]]]

Monet met an artist named Eugene Boudin who encouraged him to paint outdoors, and make nature his subject. Monet entered Atelier [[Suisse]] in [[Paris]] where he first studied painting. In 1860 he spent two years in compulsory military service in Algiers, until he became ill and returned to France. <ref> http://www.artofmonet.com </ref>

Monet met an artist named Eugene Boudin who encouraged him to paint outdoors, and make nature his subject. Monet entered Atelier [[Suisse]] in [[Paris]] where he first studied painting. In 1860 he spent two years in compulsory military service in Algiers, until he became ill and returned to France. <ref> http://www.artofmonet.com </ref>