Claude Monet: Media

French painter

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What happened when two Impressionist artists painted the same scene
Picture this: It's a sunny afternoon at La Grenouillère in 1869.
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Claude Monet's Water Lilies series, discussed
Learn more about Claude Monet's paintings of water lilies.
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Images

Claude Monet: Self-portrait in a Beret
Self-portrait in a Beret, oil on canvas by Claude Monet, 1886; in a private...
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Claude Monet: Boy in the Country
Boy in the Country, graphite on paper by Claude Monet, 1857; in the Art...
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection (2013.985). Photography © The Art Institute of Chicago
Claude Monet: Caricature of a Man with a Big Cigar
Caricature of a Man with a Big Cigar, drawing in black, white, and colored...
The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison Collection (1933.890), www.artic.ed
Claude Monet: Madame Louis Joachim Gaudibert
Madame Louis Joachim Gaudibert, oil on canvas by Claude Monet, 1868; in...
Giraudon/Art Resource, New York
Claude Monet: Still Life with Flowers and Fruit
Still Life with Flowers and Fruit, oil on canvas by Claude Monet, 1869;...
J. Paul Getty Museum (object no. 83.PA.215); digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program
Claude Monet: The Beach at Sainte-Adresse
The Beach at Sainte-Adresse, oil on canvas by Claude Monet, 1867; in the...
The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection, reference no. 1933.439 (CC0)
Claude Monet: La Grenouillère
La Grenouillère, oil on canvas by Claude Monet, 1869; in the Metropolitan...
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Claude Monet: Impression, Sunrise
A museum visitor viewing Impression, Sunrise (1872), oil on canvas by Claude...
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Claude Monet: Camille Monet on a Garden Bench
Camille Monet on a Garden Bench, oil on canvas by Claude Monet, 1873; in...
Photograph by Katie Chao. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 2002, bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002 (2002.62.1)
Claude Monet: Poppies
Poppies (also called Poppy Field), oil on canvas by Claude Monet,...
Giraudon/Art Resource, New York
Claude Monet: Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare
Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare, oil on canvas by Claude...
The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection, reference no. 1933.1158 (CC0)
Claude Monet: Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son
Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son, oil on canvas by Claude...
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1983.1.29
Claude Monet: Cliff Walk at Pourville
Cliff Walk at Pourville, oil on canvas by Claude Monet, 1882; in the Art...
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Claude Monet: Bordighera
Bordighera, oil on canvas by Claude Monet, 1884; in the Art Institute of...
The Art Institute of Chicago, Potter Palmer Collection, reference no. 1922.426 (CC0)
Claude Monet: Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer)
Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), oil on canvas by Claude Monet, 1890/91;...
Claude Monet. Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), 1891 (1985.1103). The Art Institute of Chicago
Claude Monet: Stacks of Wheat (Sunset, Snow Effect)
Stacks of Wheat (Sunset, Snow Effect), oil on canvas by Claude Monet, 1890/91;...
The Art Institute of Chicago, Potter Palmer Collection, reference no. 1922.431 (CC0)
Claude Monet: In the Woods at Giverny: Blanche Hoschedé at Her Easel with Suzanne Hoschedé Reading
In the Woods at Giverny: Blanche Hoschedé at Her Easel with Suzanne Hoschedé...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. George Gard De Sylva Collection (M.46.3.4) www.lacma.org
Claude Monet's home
Claude Monet's home in Giverny, France.
©Adam & Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer
Claude Monet: Waterloo Bridge, Sunlight Effect
Waterloo Bridge, Sunlight Effect, oil on canvas by Claude Monet, 1903; in...
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Claude Monet: Houses of Parliament, London
Houses of Parliament, London, oil on canvas by Claude Monet, 1900/01; in...
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Claude Monet: The Japanese Footbridge
The Japanese Footbridge, oil on canvas by Claude Monet, 1899; in the National...
© Everett Collection/Shutterstock.com
Claude Monet: Water Lily Pond
Water Lily Pond, oil on canvas by Claude Monet, 1900; in the Art Institute...
The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Larned Coburn Memorial Collection, reference no. 1933.441 (CC0)
Claude Monet: The Japanese Footbridge
The Japanese Footbridge, oil on canvas by Claude Monet, c. 1920–22; in the...
Photograph by Stephen Sandoval. Museum of Modern Art, New York City, Grace Rainey Rogers Fund. © 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Claude Monet: Soleil couchant
A museum visitor viewing Soleil couchant (“Setting Sun”), oil on canvas...
Naeblys/Alamy
viewer observing Claude Monet's Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond
Viewer observing Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond, oil on canvas...
Photograph by CJ Nye. Museum of Modern Art, New York City, Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund. © 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Claude Monet: Water Lilies
Water Lilies, oil on canvas by Claude Monet, 1906; in the Art Institute...
The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection, reference no. 1933.1157 (CC0)
Claude Monet: Water Lilies
Water Lilies, oil on canvas by Claude Monet 1919; in the Metropolitan Museum...
Photograph by Katie Chao. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1998, bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002 (1998.325.2)
girl viewing Claude Monet's Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond
Girl viewing Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond, oil on canvas...
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Claude Monet
Claude Monet, 1920.
H. Roger-Viollet, permission S.P.A.D.E.M. 1971, by French Reproduction Rights, Inc.
Claude Monet: Chrysanthemums
Chrysanthemums, oil on canvas by Claude Monet, 1882; in the Metropolitan...
Photograph by AlkaliSoaps. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.106)
Claude Monet: Bouquet of Sunflowers
Bouquet of Sunflowers, oil on canvas by Claude Monet, 1881; in the Metropolitan...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929, (29.100.107), www.metmuseum.org

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