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== Childhood ==

== Childhood ==

Oscar-Claude Monet was born November 14, 1840, in Paris, France, the second son of Claude-Adolphe and Louise-Justine Aubrée Monet. <ref> http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_bio_165.html </ref>

Oscar-Claude Monet was born November 14, 1840, in [[Paris]], France, the second son of Claude-Adolphe and Louise-Justine Aubrée Monet. <ref> http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_bio_165.html </ref>

When he was five years old his family moved to the Normandy coastal town of [[Le Havre]], where he spent his childhood. His father worked as a grocer and ship chandler. Monet's mother died in 1857 when he was 17 years old. <ref> http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=Monet_Selden_MS_05 </ref>

When he was five years old his family moved to the Normandy coastal town of [[Le Havre]], where he spent his childhood. His father worked as a grocer and ship chandler. Monet's mother died in 1857 when he was 17 years old. <ref> http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=Monet_Selden_MS_05 </ref>

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

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

In 1856 at Le Havre, 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>

In 1856 at Le Havre, 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>

== Artistic Career ==

== Artistic Career ==

[[Image:Monet Impressionsunrise.jpg|right|thumb|Impression Sunrise]]

[[Image:Monet Impressionsunrise.jpg|right|thumb|Impression Sunrise]]

In 1862 he entered the studio of Gleyre in Paris where he became friends with painters who would also become known as impressionists, Pissarro, Cézanne, [[Renoir]], Degas, Sisley, and Bazille.   

In 1862 he entered the studio of Gleyre in Paris where he became friends with painters who would also become known as impressionists, [[Pissarro]], [[Cézanne]], [[Renoir]], [[Degas]], [[Sisley]], and [[Bazille]].   

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. Their second child, a son, Michel, was born in 1878.  

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. Their second child, a son, Michel, was born in 1878.