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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 (a singer). <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>