Claude Monet

1840	Birth of Claude Oscar MONET on November 14th in Paris.
1845	The family moves to Le Havre.
1857	Death of his mother Louise Monet.
1858	Claude Monet meets Eugène Boudin who encourages him to paint out of doors.
1859	Monet comes to Paris and enters the Swiss Academy.
1860	Monet meets Pissaro and Courbet.
1863	Monet discovers Manet's painting and paints "en plein air" in the Fontainebleau forest.
1864	Monet stays in Honfleur with Boudin, Bazille, Jondkind. He meets his first art lover : Gaudibert.
1865	Monet's paintings are submitted for the first time to the official Salon. Camille Doncieux his lady friend and Bazille pose for Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe (the Picnic).
1867	Birth of his first son Jean Monet while Claude Monet is in Sainte-Adresse.
1868	Monet tries to commit suicide. He receives a pension from Mr Gaudibert. He paints in Fecamp and Etretat.
1869	Monet settles in the village of Saint-Michel near Bougival where he paints in company of Renoir.
1870	Monet marries Camille, Courbet is his witness. They take refuge in London when the war begins.
1871	Monet meets Durand-Ruel in London with Pissaro and Daubigny. Death of his father. Monet settles at Argenteuil after visiting the Netherlands.
1873	Monet meets Caillebotte.
1874	Monet exhibits "Impression : sunrise" at the first Impressionist exhibition in the studio of Nadar.
1876	Monet meets Ernest and Alice Hoschedé.
1877	Bankruptcy of Ernest Hoschedé. Monet paints the Saint-Lazare train station.
1878	Birth of Michel Monet, his second son. Monet and his family settle at Vétheuil in compagny of the family Hoschedé.
1879	Death of Camille.
1881	The family moves to Poissy.
1883	Monet rents a house at Giverny. He will stay there for 43 years.
1887	Monet exhibits in New-York thanks to Durand-Ruel.
1889	Monet exhibits with Rodin.
1890	Monet purchases the house in Giverny and begins the digging for the nympheas basin.
1891	Death of Ernest Hoschedé. Monet paints the series of Meules (Haystacks) and of Peupliers (Poplars)
1892	Monet paints the Rouen Cathedrals series. He marries Alice in July.
1894	Visit of Mary Cassatt and of Cézanne at Giverny. Rodin, Clémenceau and Geffroy are present.
1900	Monet paints several views of the Japanese bridge. He takes several trips to London and paints views of the Thames.
1904	Monet travels to Madrid and admires the paintings of Velasquez.
1907	First problems with his eyesight. Monet discovers Venice.
1911	Death of Alice.
1914	Death of Jean, Monet's eldest son. Blanche moves to live near Claude Monet.
1916	The artist decides to build a large studio of 23 m x 12m at Giverny.
1916 - 1926	Claude Monet works on twelve large canvas, The Water Lilies. Following the signing of the Armistice, Monet offers to donate them to France. Theses paintings will be installed in an architectural space designed specifically for them at the museum of the Orangerie in Paris.
1923	Monet is nearly blind. He has an operation from the cataract in one eye. His sight improves.
1926	In February Monet is still painting. But he suffers from lung cancer. He dies on December 5th. He is buried in a simple ceremony at Giverny. His friend Georges Clémenceau attends the ceremony.