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Monet (other)
Claude Monet (1840–1926) was a French impressionist painter. Monet may also refer to: *Monet (name), people with the given name and surname Monet *Fondation Monet in Giverny, nonprofit organisation * Monet (crater), on Mercury * Monet (submarine cable), a cable connecting Brazil and Florida * Monet Investment Bank, Mongolian underwriting, brokerage and investment banking firm * MonetDB, a database management system * Monet-Goyon, French motorcycle manufacturer * Multiwavelength optical networking, a method of digital fiber-optic communication * Musée Marmottan Monet, French museum * MV Monet cruise ship * Lycée Claude-Monet, French public educational institution * Rural Municipality of Monet No. 257, Saskatchewan, Canada * ''Show Me the Monet'' British television series * Smart Card Open Monet+, tennis tournament See also * Jean Monet (other) * Monnet (other) * Édouard Manet (1832–1883), French painter * M (Marvel Comics), Monet Yvette Clarisse Maria T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Monet
Oscar-Claude Monet (, , ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During his long career, he was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of impressionism's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to ''plein air'' (outdoor) landscape painting. The term "Impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting '' Impression, soleil levant'', exhibited in the 1874 ("exhibition of rejects") initiated by Monet and his associates as an alternative to the Salon. Monet was raised in Le Havre, Normandy, and became interested in the outdoors and drawing from an early age. Although his mother, Louise-Justine Aubrée Monet, supported his ambitions to be a painter, his father, Claude-Adolphe, disapproved and wanted him to pursue a career in business. He was very close to his mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
