CLAUDE MONET

A LITTLE ABOUT CLAUDE

• was a founder of French Impressionist painting
• Adopted a method of painting the same scene many times in order to capture the changing of light and the passing of the seasons.
• In 1899 he began painting the water lilies, first in vertical views with a Japanese bridge as a central feature
• From 1883 Monet lived in Giverny, where he purchased a house.
• began a vast landscaping project which included lily ponds that would become the subjects of his best-known works.

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