Monet

His work started a major artistic movement in France during the late 19th century and still today his painting are revered across the world by people of all ages. Claude Monet's distinctive style of using small strokes of color to simulate light became known as Impressionism. The name comes from one of his most famous paintings, Impression: Sunrise, which was completed in 1872. Monet was born November 14, 1840 in Paris. Struggling with poverty, his family moved a …

…inted Water-Lilies, which was a rendition of the water garden that he had built on his property. These gardens were the subjects of many of his works, so much so that in 1914, he built a special studio so that he could work on very large canvases. Surprisingly, the works that he painted between 1916 and 1926 were virtually unknown until the 1950's. Although he was losing his eyesight, Monet continued to paint up until his death in 1926.