All About Claude Monet

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All About Claude Monet

• By Maisy Sinclair

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The Beginning

• Many people know Claude Monet but do they know
  this?
• Claudes full name is actually Oscar Claude
  Monet. He was born on the 14th November 1840 on
  the 5th floor of 45 rue Laffitte, in the 9th
  arrondissement of Paris.

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Early Life

• On the 20th May 1841, he was baptized in the
  local parish church, his legal name was
  Oscar-Claude, but his parents called him simply
  Oscar Monet.

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Family

• Claude was the second son of Claude Adolphe Monet
  and Louise Justine Aubree Monet, both of them the
  second generation Parisians.

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Job

• Claude Monet was a painter and he had many
  different famous works. His father wanted him to
  go into the family grocery business, but Monet
  wanted to become an artist. His mother was a
  singer.

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Works of Art

• Claude has lots of famous paintings, here are
  some of them- Impression, Sunrise Rouen,
  Cathedral series, London Parliament series,
  Poplars, Water Lilies and Haystacks.

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Sight Difficulties

• Claude was partially sighted, which means he
  could see parts of pictures not the full image.
  Once when he was painting one of is works he
  couldnt really see what he was painting. After
  when he could see it he hated and was ashamed of
  his art.

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• Here was the picture Claude hated.

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• The End