French painter (born 1840)

Claude Monet

Oscar-Claude Monet was a French painter and founder of Impressionism who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During his long career, he was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of Impressionism's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions of nature, especially as applied to plein air (outdoor) landscape painting. The term "Impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting Impression, Sunrise, which was exhibited in 1874 at the First Impressionist Exhibition, initiated by Monet and a number of like-minded artists as an alternative to the Salon.

Born

1840

November 14

Died

1926

Era

1840s

Country

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About

Claude, in brief

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1840 Born
1926 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

-332 Alexander the Great is crowned pharaoh of Egypt.
1680 German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet to be discovered by telescope.
1770 James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
1812 Napoleonic Wars: At the Battle of Smoliani, French Marshals Victor and Oudinot are defeated by the Russians under General Peter Wittgenstein.

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The world in 1926

When Claude departed

april 21 Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
april 24 The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
april 6 Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
april 7 Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on November 14

Aaron Copland 1900–1990 American composer and conductor (born 1900) Adam Gilchrist 1971– Australian cricketer and sportscaster Astrid Lindgren 1907–2002 Swedish author and screenwriter (born 1907) August Šenoa 1838–1881 Croatian author and poet (born 1838) Benjamin Fondane 1898– Romanian-French philosopher, poet, and critic (died 1944) Boosie Badazz 1982– American rapper Charles Hazlewood 1966– English conductor Charles Lyell 1797–1875 Scottish geologist (born 1797) Dave Mackay 1934–2015 Scottish-English footballer and manager (born 1934)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1840

Alfred Thayer Mahan 1840–1914 American captain and historian (born 1840) Émile Zola 1840–1902 French novelist, playwright, journalist (died 1902) Kuroda Kiyotaka 1840–1900 Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (born 1840) Murad V 1840–1904 Ottoman sultan (born 1840) Namık Kemal 1840–1888 Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (born 1840) Sophia Jex-Blake 1840–1912 English physician and feminist (died 1912)

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