Claude Monet - a short biography

When was Monet born?

His family moved from Paris, France to LeHavre, Normandy, where he met Eugène Boudin who taught him to paint where?

How was Monet's and Boudin's work outside different from what was already happening in the art world?

The school taught a style of painting that dated "back to the renaissance." Accepted painting styles hadn't changed for about 200 - 300 years. Monet believed that this style was ________.

Monet formed a group with other painters, sculptors, and print makers called the _________ _______. They wanted to portray scenes from everyday life.

This new style, Impressionism, featured

• visible brush strokes

• the same motif shown in different seasons or times of day

• every day, outdoor scenes, or people painted quickly

• mostly formal portraits and epic historical scenes

Monet's greatest work was a series called _____ ______.