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