Claude Monet (1840-1926). Born in Paris, Monet became disillusioned by the traditional teaching of Art. In 1826 he became a student of Charles Gleyre and with Renoir, Sisley and Bazille explored the representation of the play of light using broken colour and rapid brushstrokes. The term 'Impressionism' was taken from the title of his work 'Impression, Sunrise' by a disparaging art critic. Early in his career he was poor and lost his wife to tuberculosis. His hard work and perfectionism paid off, and he was able to buy a house in Giverny. The gardens here inspired his famous paintings of the ponds with their bridges and water-lilies.
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