Who is Claude Monet? Claude Monet is the Famous French Impressionist painter. In addition to being a great painter Monet was also a great leader, an initiator and a firm advocate of the Impressionist style. The Impressionist style in which he painted would become the reason behind his well known fame. Born Nov. 14, 1840, Monet spent his childhood years in Le Havre, France. He took his early painting lessons in Le Havre from the painter Eugene …showed first 75 words of 555 total…

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