Who is Claude Monet? Claude Monet is the Famous French Impressionist painter. In addition to being a great painter Monet was also a great leader, an initiator and a firm advocate of the Impressionist style. The Impressionist style in which he painted would become the reason behind his well known fame. Born Nov. 14, 1840, Monet spent his childhood years in Le Havre, France. He took his early painting lessons in Le Havre from the painter Eugene …showed first 75 words of 555 total…

…showed last 75 words of 555 total…such as Haystacks or Grainstacks (1890-1891) and Rouen Cathedral (1891-1895). As he continued to travel, visiting London and Venice many times, his attention was still drawn to the water-garden he had created in Giverny. The water-garden served as a theme for a series of paintings on Waterlilies, these began in 1899 and grew to dominate his work completely. In Monet’s final years he was troubled with failing eyesight, but he continued painting until the end.