March 1878: Camille gives birth to Monet's second son, Michel.ĥ September 1879: Camille dies, perhaps as a result of complications from a botched abortion. The paintings are displayed at the Third Impressionist Exhibition held this year. Durand-Ruel is so impressed with the paintings that he snapped them up on sight, and even made small payments to other members of the impressionist group. The reviews are again poor, but Monet at least manages to sell his Japanese Woman for 2,000 francs.ġ877: Monet produces one of his famous collections of works, of the Parisian train station Gare Saint Lazare. He sends begging letters to patrons and friends, including Edouard Manet.ġ876: Monet exhibits in the Second Impressionist Exhibition. Wallpaper in early stages is more finished than that.”ġ876: Monet's money problems come to a head. There must be an impression somewhere in it. One critic remarked as follows of Monet's painting: The reviews are hostile, with Monet's Impression: Sunrise singled out for particular criticism. When in London, Monet meets the art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel (who was to become the impressionists' most important supporter) and studies the works of Constable and Turner in the National Gallery.ġ871: After travelling to Holland, Monet settles in Argenteuil.ġ874: Monet helps to organise the First Impressionist Exhibition. Unlike Manet, Monet flees with Camille and his young son Jean to London. This turns out to be a disastrous tactical decision, with the French defeated in late 1870 and Paris besieged at the end of the year. War, London and the Impressionist Exhibitionsġ870: Napoleon III declares war on the Prussian empire. These rejections were a serious problem for Monet: he had a young child to support and, unlike Manet and Edgar Degas, did not have family money he could rely upon. Monet later marries Doncieux on 28 June 1870.ġ867, 1869, 1870: Monet's entries to the Salon are rejected (there was no Salon in 1868). Learn more on our Manet vs Monet page.ġ866: Monet's Woman in the Green Dress is submitted to the Salon, and again generates positive reviews.ġ867: Monet's girlfriend, Camille Doncieux, falls pregnant. This upsets Edouard Manet, whose entry to the Salon that year, Olympia, was panned: Manet thought Monet was trading off his reputation. Monet starts to exhibitġ865: Monet makes his debut at the Salon in Paris, exhibiting the Mouth of the Seine at Hornfleur and achieving positive reviews. His family then buy him out of the army (and so he does not complete his two years' military service)ġ862: Monet returns to Paris, this time to study at the Studio of Charles Gleyre - where he meets Auguste Renoir, Frederic Bazille, Alfred Sisley and Paul Cezanne. But he catches typhoid fever and returns to France to recuperate. Monet also meets Eugene Bodin, who introduces him to en plein air (outdoor) painting on the Normandy coast.ġ857: Monet's mother dies and Monet abandons his academic studies to focus on painting.ġ859: Monet travels to Paris to study at Suisse's Studio, where he meets Camille Pissarro.ġ860: Monet is conscripted into the army and serves in Algeria. 1856: Monet, who has bags of artistic talent, makes sketches of local celebrities and sells them in a picture framer's shop. 14 November 1840: Oscar-Claude Monet is born into a humble Parisian household, the son of a shopkeeper.ġ845: Monet moves with his family to Le Havre, on the Normandy coast.Ĭ.
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