Oscar-Claude Monet (fr. Oscar-Claude Monet; November 14, 1840, Paris – December 5, 1926, Giverny) – French artist, one of the founders of Impressionism, who has come a long way from persecution, ridicule and poverty to worldwide recognition. The title of Claude Monet’s painting “Impression. Sunrise”, invented literally on the eve of the opening of the First Exhibition of Impressionists, became an occasion for devastating reviews, but it gave the name to the whole movement in painting, literature and music of the end of the XIX century.
Peculiarities of the artist Claude Monet’s work: the main subjects of Claude Monet’s paintings were light and air, and the main principle of his work was the rapid depiction of the seen state of nature in plein air. He invented and perfected the method of painting series of landscapes with the same subject, changing depending on the time of day, weather and season. One series could consist of several dozen paintings. During the last 25 years of his life, Monet painted flowers, a Japanese bridge, water lilies and a pond in his garden and created unique large-scale panels for the Orangerie Museum that anticipate new, contemporary art.