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Claude Monet

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Claude Monet (1840 - 1926)

Claude Monet was born on 14th November 1840 in Paris, France.

Claude Monet is generally considered to be the most outstanding figure among Impressionists. The term Impressionism derives from his picture Impression: Sunrise.

When a title was needed in a hurry for the catalogue of the exhibition in 1874, Monet suggested simply Impression, and the catalogue editor, Renoir's brother Edouard, added an explanatory Sunrise.

Claude Monet died on December 5th. He was burried in his family grave at Giverny, in the presence of Georges Clémenceau.