A critic mocked “Impression, Sunrise” and sneered at the “Impressionists”. Monet kept painting, and the insult became a movement.
1840
Born in Paris
The son of a grocer, he grew up in Le Havre. Eugène Boudin taught him to paint outdoors.
1872
Impression, Sunrise
Painted at Le Havre harbor. Critics mocked it in 1874, and the artists kept the name.
1883
Giverny
He settled here in 1883, bought the house in 1890, and began the pond in 1893.
Seventy years of looking.
He returned to one subject in different light: haystacks, poplars, Rouen Cathedral, his own garden.
- 1856Meets Eugène Boudin at Le Havre, who takes him painting outdoors.
- 1862Joins Charles Gleyre’s studio in Paris, and meets Renoir, Sisley, and Bazille.
- 1874Joins the first independent exhibition, after years of Salon rejections.
- 1890Buys the house at Giverny, and paints the Stacks of Wheat.
- 1899Begins the Water Lilies, about 250 canvases.
- 1926Dies at Giverny, aged 86.
Every painting, in one place.
© 2026. Paintings by Claude Monet (1840 to 1926). Image licenses vary by source. Museum and year details come from public sources, so some are missing.
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