# Claude Monet

French, 1840–1926

Monet grew up in Le Havre, where Eugène Boudin encouraged him to paint outdoors. In Paris he met Renoir, Sisley and Bazille, and his Impression, Sunrise gave the Impressionist movement its name in 1874. He made a lifelong study of changing light, painting the Gare Saint-Lazare, haystacks, poplars and Rouen Cathedral in series. From 1883 he lived at Giverny, where he built the water garden that filled the last three decades of his work.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

10 works in the collection.

- [The Beach at Sainte-Adresse](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-beach-at-sainte-adresse-aic-14598), Claude Monet, 1867. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Water Lilies](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/water-lilies-aic-16568), Claude Monet, 1906. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/arrival-of-the-normandy-train-gare-saint-lazare-aic-16571), Claude Monet, 1877. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Vétheuil](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/vetheuil-aic-16579), Claude Monet, 1901. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/stacks-of-wheat-end-of-summer-aic-64818), Claude Monet, 1890–91. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [The Red Kerchief](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-red-kerchief-cma-135382), Claude Monet, c. 1868–73. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Water Lilies (Agapanthus)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/water-lilies-agapanthus-cma-136510), Claude Monet, c. 1915–26. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [The Houses of Parliament, Sunset](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-houses-of-parliament-sunset-nga-46523), Claude Monet, 1903. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Rouen Cathedral, West Façade](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/rouen-cathedral-west-facade-nga-46524), Claude Monet, 1894. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Cliffs at Pourville](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/cliffs-at-pourville-nga-66425), Claude Monet, 1882. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.