Claude Monet

Claude Monet Claude Monet was an Impressionist painter during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was an unswerving advocate of the Impressionist style, an attempt by artists to record visual reality using transient effects of light and color. The Impression movement name came from one of his paintings (Impression: Sunrise). Louis Leroy, a journalist, exclaimed "Impression! Wallpaper in its embryonic state is more finished!" In less than one year, the name Impressionism was …

…able to work on paintings for extended periods without financial worries. Monet continued his work until failing eyesight prevented him from painting. After eye surgery, he took up his brush once again. During his later years, he produced a great deal of paintings. Many of them he determined were not good enough for the public and burned them. In 1926, he was still painted despite series problems with lung cancer. He died Dec 5 of that year.