Painter, born in Paris, France. He spent his youth in Le Havre, where he met Boudin, who encouraged him to work in the open air. Moving to Paris, he associated with Renoir, Degas, Pissarro, and Sisley, and exhibited with them at the first Impressionist Exhibition in 1874; one of his works at this exhibition, "Impression: soleil levant." (Impression: Sunrise, 1872, Paris), gave the name to the movement. Later he worked much in Argenteuil. With Pissarro, Monet is recognized as being one of the creators of Impressionism, and he was one of its most consistent exponents. He visited England, The Netherlands, and Venice, and spent his life expressing his instinctive way of seeing the most subtle nuances of colour, atmosphere, and light in landscape. Apart from many sea and river scenes, he also executed several series of paintings of subjects under different aspects of light, such as "Haystacks." (1890-1, Chicago). A year after his death, the almost abstract "Water Lilies.", series was installed in two specially designed oval-shaped rooms in the Musee de l'Orangerie, Paris.

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