Claude Monet Claude Monet was born in Paris on the 14th November 1840. When he was five years old, he moved to the port town of Le Havre. Most of his childhood, Monet was considered by both his teachers and his parents to be undisciplined and, therefore, unlikely to make a success of his life. Enforcing this impression, Monet showed no interest in inheriting his father's wholesale grocery. The only thing, which seemed to spark any …showed first 75 words of 1604 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1604 total…changing light. This realization was to become an obsession in his later years. At last, Monet gained renown. He knew several important people and he became financially secure for the first time in his life. With this newfound luxury, Monet devoted himself to gardening, which, in turn, provided a motif for the painter's last important work, the Water Lily Pool. Monet was absorbed in this project almost exclusively from 1900 until his death.