Claude Monet was born on 14 November 1840 in Paris. A French painter, Monet was a founder of Impressionism, and the movement took its name from his 1872 painting Impression, Sunrise. He worked outdoors to capture changing light and atmosphere, and he painted the same subjects repeatedly at different times of day, as in his series of haystacks, Rouen Cathedral and the Thames. After settling in Giverny he created a garden with a water-lily pond that became the subject of his late work. The huge Water Lilies panels, which he gave to the French state, are displayed at the Orangerie in Paris. He continued painting in his eighties despite cataracts.
Before and after
- 25 April 1840Birth of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1 May 1840The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, is issued
- 2 June 1840Birth of Thomas Hardy
- 12 November 1840Birth of Auguste Rodin
- 14 November 1840Birth of Claude Monet
- 1841Discovery of praseodymium
- 1841Publication of Swiss Psalm
- 26 January 1841Founding of Hong Kong
- from 30 January 1841 to 1 July 1962Belgian Empire
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1792Publication of Dream of the Red Chamber
- 21 February 1848Publication of The Communist Manifesto
- 18 September 1851Founding of The New York Times
- 1857Rise of Symbolism
- 28 December 1895The Lumiere brothers hold the first public film screening
- 1909Rise of Futurism
The era
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