Claude Monet Claude Monet, the founder of French impressionist painting and a great landscape painter, was born on November 14 in Paris. He was the second son of Claude- Adolphe and Louise-Justine; both of them were second-generation Parisians. Monet was baptized on May 20 at a local church in Paris. In 1845 Monet moved to Le Havre with his family.... View more
