Claude+Monet+Art





= I chose this painting because its really pretty and I love the scenery. = = = = Facts: = = 1) Monet was born on November 14, 1840 on the fifth floor of 45 rue Laffitte, in the ninth arrondissement of Paris. = = = = 2) When Monet traveled to Paris to visit The Louvre, he witnessed painters copying from the old masters. Monet, having brought his paints and other tools with him, would instead go and sit by a window and paint what he saw. = = = = 3) Monet and Camille Doncieux had married just before the war (June 28, 1870) and, after their excursion to London and Zaandam, they had moved into a house in Argenteuil near the Seine River in December 1871. = = = = 4) Monet painted a series of Weeping Willow trees as homage to the French fallen soldiers. = = = = 5) By November 1890 Monet was prosperous enough to buy the house, the surrounding buildings and the land for his gardens. =