Apples and Grapes by Claude Monet
Water Lilies by Claude Monet
The Pond at Montgeron by Claude Monet
Grainstack at Giverny by Claude Monet
The Four Trees by Claude Monet
Water Lily Pond by Claude Monet
Steep Cliffs near Dieppe by Claude Monet
Meadows at Giverny by Claude Monet
Embankment in Le Havre by Claude Monet
Seine at Rouen by Claude Monet
Apple Trees in Bloom at Giverny by Claude Monet
Île aux Orties near Vernon by Claude Monet

Where to See Claude Monet

36 museums worldwide

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About Claude Monet

French · 1840–1926 · Impressionism

A caricaturist from the Normandy coast who accidentally named Impressionism[8], then spent thirty years painting the same pond.

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Claude Monet's works are held in 36 museums worldwide, including Musée Marmottan Monet, Musée d'Orsay, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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🇩🇰 Denmark

1 museum

🇫🇷 France

4 museums

🇩🇪 Germany

4 museums

🇮🇱 Israel

1 museum

🇯🇵 Japan

4 museums

🇳🇱 Netherlands

1 museum

🇷🇺 Russia

2 museums

🇪🇸 Spain

1 museum

🇨🇭 Switzerland

2 museums

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

3 museums

🇺🇸 United States

13 museums

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Where can I see Claude Monet paintings?
    Claude Monet's works can be seen at Musée Marmottan Monet, Musée d'Orsay, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and 2 other museums worldwide.
  • Where Claude Monet from?
    Claude Monet was French[8], born in 1840[8] and died in 1926[8].
  • Who was Claude Monet inspired by?
    Monet was fascinated by water throughout his life. He must have felt challenged in his attempts to capture its volatile nature, the continuously changing character and tones.
  • What is Claude Monet famous for painting?
    Claude Monet is globally recognised as a painter of colour and light. He is known for painting landscapes and seas, rivers and bridges, architecture and parks, and gardens and flowers, capturing ever-changing atmospheric conditions.
  • How did Claude Monet paint?
    Monet loved the water and often painted the sea. He even converted a flat-bottomed boat, fitted out with grooves to hold his canvases, into a floating studio where he painted stacks of pictures.
  • When did Claude Monet start painting?
    At sixteen, Claude Monet was already famous in Le Havre. He had been drawing cartoons of his teachers at school and selling other caricatures to people, earning about 20 francs for each picture.
  • Why did Claude Monet paint water lilies?
    Monet painted water lilies because he was engrossed by landscapes of water and reflections. He wrote that it had become an obsession, and he wanted to reproduce what he felt.

Sources

Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Claude Monet's works across the following collections.

  1. [1] museum Brooklyn Museum Used for: museum holdings.
  2. [2] museum Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Used for: museum holdings.
  3. [3] museum Buffalo AKG Art Museum Used for: museum holdings.
  4. [4] museum Clark Art Institute Used for: museum holdings.
  5. [5] museum San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Used for: museum holdings.
  6. [6] museum Städel Museum Used for: museum holdings.
  7. [7] wikidata Wikidata: Q296 Used for: identifiers.
  8. [8] wikipedia Wikipedia: Claude Monet Used for: biography.
  9. [9] book Linda Bolton, Art revolutions _ Impressionism Used for: biography.
  10. [10] book Linda Bolton, Art revolutions _ Impressionism_1 Used for: biography.
  11. [11] book Linda Bolton, Art revolutions _ Impressionism_2 Used for: biography.

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