- 1840
- Birth of Claude Oscar MONET on November 14th in Paris.
- 1845
- The family moves to Le Havre.
- 1857
- Death of his mother Louise Monet.
- 1858
- Claude Monet meets Eugène Boudin who encourages him to paint out
of doors.
- 1859
- Monet comes to Paris and enters the Swiss Academy.
- 1860
- Monet meets Pissaro and Courbet.
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1860 - photo Carjat |
- 1863
- Monet discovers Manet's painting and paints "en plein air" in the
Fontainebleau forest.
- 1864
- Monet stays in Honfleur with Boudin, Bazille, Jondkind. He meets
his first art lover : Gaudibert.
- 1865
- Monet's paintings are submitted for the first time to the official
Salon. Camille Doncieux his lady friend and Bazille pose for Le
Dejeuner sur l'herbe (the Picnic).
- 1867
- Birth of his first son Jean Monet while Claude Monet is in
Sainte-Adresse.
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1867 portrait by Carolus Duran |
- 1868
- Monet tries to commit suicide. He receives a pension from Mr
Gaudibert. He paints in Fecamp and Etretat.
- 1869
- Monet settles in the village of Saint-Michel near Bougival where
he paints in company of Renoir.
- 1870
- Monet marries Camille, Courbet is his witness. They take refuge in
London when the war begins.
- 1871
- Monet meets Durand-Ruel in London with Pissaro and Daubigny. Death
of his father. Monet settles at Argenteuil after visiting the
Netherlands.
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1874 by Manet |
- 1873
- Monet meets Caillebotte.
- 1874
- Monet exhibits "Impression : sunrise" at the first Impressionist
exhibition in the studio of Nadar.
- 1876
- Monet meets Ernest and Alice Hoschedé.
- 1877
- Bankruptcy of Ernest Hoschedé. Monet paints the Saint-Lazare train
station.
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1880 |
- 1878
- Birth of Michel Monet, his second son. Monet and his family settle
at Vétheuil in compagny of the family Hoschedé.
- 1879
- Death of Camille.
- 1881
- The family moves to Poissy.
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1886 self-portrait
with a beret |
- 1883
- Monet rents a house at Giverny. He will stay there for 43 years.
- 1887
- Monet exhibits in New-York thanks to Durand-Ruel.
- 1889
- Monet exhibits with Rodin.
- 1890
- Monet purchases the house in Giverny and begins the digging for
the nympheas basin.
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1899 Photo Nadar |
- 1891
- Death of Ernest Hoschedé. Monet paints the series of Meules
(Haystacks) and of Peupliers (Poplars)
- 1892
- Monet paints the Rouen Cathedrals series. He marries Alice
in July.
- 1894
- Visit of Mary Cassatt and of Cézanne at Giverny. Rodin, Clémenceau
and Geffroy are present.
- 1900
- Monet paints several views of the Japanese bridge. He takes
several trips to London and paints views of the Thames.
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1917 Self-portrait |
- 1904
- Monet travels to Madrid and admires the paintings of Velasquez.
- 1907
- First problems with his eyesight. Monet discovers Venice.
- 1911
- Death of Alice.
- 1914
- Death of Jean, Monet's eldest son. Blanche moves to live near
Claude Monet.
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ca. 1920 by
Henri Manuel |
- 1916
- The artist decides to build a large studio of 23 m x 12m at
Giverny.
- 1916 - 1926
- Claude Monet works on twelve large canvas, The Water Lilies.
Following the signing of the Armistice, Monet offers to donate them to
France. Theses paintings will be installed in an architectural space
designed specifically for them at the museum of the Orangerie in
Paris.
- 1923
- Monet is nearly blind. He has an operation from the cataract in
one eye. His sight improves.
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ca. 1923 |
- 1926
- In February Monet is still painting. But he suffers from lung
cancer. He dies on December 5th. He is buried in a simple ceremony at
Giverny. His friend Georges Clémenceau attends the ceremony.
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- Claude
Monet by himself
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In 1900, Monet has become famous. On the
occasion of an exhibition in Paris a journalist of the Temps,
Thiébault-Sisson, made him tell his life. On November 26, 1900 the
newspaper Le Temps published
this
autobiography in which Monet builds himself his legend. The text
is spicy but doesn't always reflect reality faithfully ...
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In his studio of Giverny |
