Claude Monet, born as Oscar-Claude Monet on November 14 , 1840 in Paris and died on December 5, 1926 in Giverny, is a French painter and one of the founders of Impressionism.

He began his career as an artist by making portraits for the notables of the city of Le Havre. In 1859, he left for Paris to try his luck on the advice of Eugène Boudin. In 1866, he enjoyed success at the Salon de peinture et de sculpture thanks to La Femme à la robe verte representing Camille Doncieux whom he married on June 28, 1870. He fled the war of 1870 to London, then to the Netherlands. In the English capital, he met the art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel, who would be his main source of income for the rest of his career. Back in France in 1871, he took part in thefirst exhibition of future impressionists, in 1874.