Claude Monet – The Founder of French Impressionist Painting

Claude Monet or Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet, was a famous painter, who is also known as the founder of French Impressionist painting. Born on November 14, 1840 in Paris, Monet was baptized into the Local church to Oscar Claude. Claude Monet’s father wanted him to help in the family grocery business. Claude however was always interested in art. In 1845 Monet’s family shifted base to Le Havre, Normandy.

Claude Monet took admission in the Le Havre Secondary School of the Arts on April 01, 1851. Here he earned fame for his Charcoal Caricatures, which he used to sell for some 10 to 20 Francs. The painter took his primary drawing lessons from Jacques-Fran