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Claude-Oscar Monet ( 184O - 1926) was a French artist and a leading member of the Impressionist groupof painters.Born in Paris, Monet spent his childhood in Le Havre.There he met a local artist, EugeneBoudin, who encouraged him to become a landscape painter.
In 1859, Monet went to Paris to study at the Académie Suisse.Between 1560 and 1562, Monetserved in the army in Algeria (阿尔及利亚).He returned to Paris where he met most of the majorartists of the era.
In 1570, Monet married Camille Doncieux.To escape the Franco-Prussian war, they moved toLondon.Back to France, they settled at Argenteuil, a boating centre on the Seine (塞纳河) which drewmany other Impressionist painters.Working from nature was a particular symbol of the Impressionistmovement, and one that Monet valued, reflecting in his paintings the ever-changing impact of light andweather conditions.
In 1572, he visited Le Havre where he painted "An Impression, Sunrise".When exhibited in1574, part of its title was used by a critic to label the whole movement "Impressionism".
Monet' s wife died in 1579, and he set up home with Alice Hosched6, the wife of one of his mostimportant sponsors.During the 1550s, Monet travelled through France painting a variety of landscapes.He gradually became better known and for the last 30 years of his life he was regarded as the greatest ofthe Impressionists.
From 1590 he began to paint a series (系列) of pictures of one subject, including "Haystacks""Rouen Cathedral" and "Waterlilies".The latter were painted in the fine garden Monet created at hishouse at Giverny, where he lived from 1853 on.He painted them over and over again, most significantlyin a series especially for a museum in Paris.
Monet was introduced to art________.