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Monet formed a group of artists in 1974 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 1974 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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Je suis à merveille pour peindre; c'est tout ce que l'on peut trouver de plus amusant, des maisons de toutes les couleurs, des moulins par centaines, des bateaux ravissants.}}
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I am marvellously well to paint; it is the funniest you can find, houses of all colors, mills by hundreds, delightful boats.}}
In 1878 Monet and his wife 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 1878 Monet and his wife 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 continued to paint and his work became well known and popular, and by 1890, Monet had accumulated enough funds to buy his own house in Giverny, and added a water-lily garden and Japanese bridge that became the subject of several of his paintings.
Monet continued to paint and his work became well known and popular, and by 1890, Monet had accumulated enough funds to buy his own house in Giverny, and added a water-lily garden and Japanese bridge that became the subject of several of his paintings.
In 1892, after Ernest Hoschedé died, Monet and his widow Alice Hoschedé married. During his later years, Monet's vision declined, and over time he became almost blind, but still continued to paint.
In 1892, after Ernest Hoschedé died, Monet and his widow Alice Hoschedé married.
== Decline and Death==
During his later years, Monet's vision declined, and over time he became almost blind, but still continued to paint.
Claude Monet died in his house at Giverny on Dec. 5, 1926 at the age of 86. He was burried in his family grave at Giverny, in the presence of [[Georges Clémenceau]].
His paintings are shown in large galleries including the Louvre, the Marmottan, the National Gallery in London, and in the United States, at the Art Institute of Chicago and the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in [[New York]].
== See also ==
== See also ==
*[http://www.intermonet.com/venice/ Claude Monet in Venice]
*[http://www.intermonet.com/venice/ Claude Monet in Venice]
*[http://www.repropaint.com/Monet/monet.htm Claude Monet] Biography.
*[http://www.repropaint.com/Monet/monet.htm Claude Monet] Biography.
*[http://www.expo-monet.com/2.cfm Biography]
==References==
==References==