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    <event start="Nov 14 1840 00:00:00 GMT"
        title="Birth"
        image="monet.png"
        link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monet"
        >
        Claude Monet, also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet
        was born to Adolphe and Louise-Justine Monet of 45 Rue Laffitte, 
        in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. 
        &lt;p&gt;
            He was christened as Oscar-Claude at the church of 
            Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. His father wanted him to go into the family 
            (grocery store) business, but Claude Monet wanted to become an artist. 
            His mother was a singer, both parents were second-generation Parisians.
        &lt;/p&gt;
        </event>

    <event start="1845" end="1846"
        title="Family moved to Le Havre, Normandy"
        >
        </event>
        
    <event start="Apr 01 1851 00:00:00 GMT"
        title="Entered Le Havre secondary school"
        >
        On the first of April 1851 Monet entered the Le Havre secondary school. 
        He first became known locally for his charcoal caricatures, which he 
        would sell for ten to twenty francs. Monet also undertook his first 
        drawing lessons from Jean-Francois Ochard, a former student of 
        Jacques-Louis David (1748 - 1825). On the beaches of Normandy, he met 
        fellow artist Eugène Boudin, who became his mentor and taught him to 
        use oil paints. Boudin taught Monet en plein air (outdoor) techniques 
        for painting.
        </event>
        
    <event start="Jan 28 1857 00:00:00 GMT"
        title="Mother died"
        >
        On 28 January, 1857 his mother died. Now 16 years old, he left school 
        and his widowed, childless aunt Marie-Jeanne took him into her home.
        </event>
    <event start="Jun 01 1861 00:00:00 GMT" latestStart="Jul 01 1861 00:00:00 GMT"
        earliestEnd="Jun 01 1863 00:00:00 GMT" end="Jul 01 1863 00:00:00 GMT"
        isDuration="true"
        title="Joined Cavalry in Algeria"
        >
        In June of 1861 Monet joined the First Regiment of African Light Cavalry 
        in Algeria for two years of a seven-year commitment, but upon his 
        contracting typhoid his aunt Madame Lecadre intervened to get him out 
        of the army if he agreed to complete an art course at a university. 
        It is also possible that the Dutch painter Johan Barthold Jongkind 
        (whom Monet knew) may have prompted his aunt on this matter.
        </event>
    <event start="1862" end="1863"
        title="Joined studio of Charles Gleyre in Paris"
        >
        Disillusioned with the traditional art taught at universities, instead 
        in 1862 he joined the studio of Charles Gleyre in Paris, where he met 
        Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Frederic Bazille, and Alfred Sisley. Together 
        they shared new approaches to art, which later came to be known as 
        impressionism, featuring open spaces and light painted with thick 
        brushstrokes.
        </event>
    <event start="1866" end="1867"
        title="Camille"
        icon="../../api/images/green-circle.png"
        >
        Monet's 1866 Camille or The Woman in the Green Dress (La Femme à la 
        Robe Verte), which brought him recognition, depicted Camille Doncieux. 
        Shortly thereafter Doncieux became pregnant and bore their first child, 
        Jean. 
        </event>
    <event start="1868" end="1869"
        title="Attempted suicide"
        >
        In 1868, Monet attempted suicide but failed to do so.
        </event>
    <event start="1870" end="1871"
        title="Took refuge in England"
        >
        During the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871), Monet took refuge in England 
        to avoid the conflict. There he studied the works of John Constable and 
        J. M. W. Turner.
        </event>
    <event start="1871" latestStart="1872"
        earliestEnd="1878" end="1879"
        isDuration="true"
        title="Lived at Argenteuil, near Paris"
        >
        From 1871 to 1878 Monet lived at Argenteuil, a village on the Seine near 
        Paris, and here were painted some of his best known works.
        </event>
    <event start="1872" end="1873"
        title="Impression, Sunrise"
        image="impression-sunrise.png"
        icon="../../api/images/green-circle.png"
        link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Claude_Monet%2C_Impression%2C_soleil_levant%2C_1872.jpg"
        >
        Upon returning to France, in 1872 (or 1873) he painted Impression, Sunrise 
        (Impression, soleil levant) depicting a Le Havre landscape. It hung in the 
        first impressionist exhibition in 1874 and is now displayed in the 
        Musée Marmottan-Monet, Paris. From the painting's title, art critic Louis 
        Leroy coined the term "impressionism", which he intended to be derogatory.
        </event>
    <event start="1870" end="1871"
        title="Married Doncieux"
        >
        In 1870, Monet and Doncieux married and in 1873 moved into a house in 
        Argenteuil near the Seine River.
        </event>
    <event start="1873" end="1874"
        title="Monet's Garden at Argenteuil"
        icon="../../api/images/green-circle.png"
        image="http://www.accents-n-art.com/artwork/M00279ss.jpg"
        link="http://www.accents-n-art.com/artists/claude_monet/monets-garden-at-argenteuil.html"
        >
        Some of Claude Monet's best known work was done in Argenteuil, including 
        one of his famous garden scenes Monet's Garden at Argenteuil which he 
        painted in 1873.
        </event>
    <event start="1875" end="1879"
        title="The Seine at Argenteuil"
        icon="../../api/images/green-circle.png"
        image="http://www.accents-n-art.com/artwork/M00506ss.jpg"
        link="http://www.accents-n-art.com/artists/claude_monet/the-seine-at-argenteuil.html"
        >
        He worked almost exclusively in Argenteuil from 1875 to 1878. The Seine at 
        Argenteuil was one of his famous paintings during this period. The painting 
        was recently featured in the hit movie Vanilla Sky, starring Tom Cruise and 
        Cameron Diaz.
        </event>
    <event start="Mar 18 1878 00:00:00 GMT"
        title="Second son Michel born"
        >
        Monet and Doncieux had another son, Michel, on March 17, 1878.
        </event>
    <event start="1879" end="1880"
        title="Doncieux died"
        >
        Madame Monet died of tuberculosis in 1879.
        </event>
    <event start="Apr 01 1883 00:00:00 GMT" end="May 01 1883 00:00:00 GMT"
        title="Moved to Giverny with Alice Hoschedé"
        >
        Alice Hoschedé decided to help Monet by bringing up his two children 
        together with her own. They lived in Poissy, which Monet hated. 
        In April 1883 they moved to a house in Giverny, Eure, in Haute-Normandie, 
        where he planted a large garden which he painted for the rest of his life.
        </event>
    <event start="1892" end="1893"
        title="Married Hoschedé"
        >
        Monet and Hoschedé married in 1892.
        </event>
    <event start="1880" latestStart="1900" earliestEnd="1880" end="1900" isDuration="true"
        title="'Series' painting"
        >
        In the 1880s and 1890s, Monet began "series" painting: paintings of 
        one subject in varying light and viewpoints. His first series is of 
        Rouen Cathedral from different points of view and at different times 
        of the day.
        </event>
    <event start="1895" end="1896"
        title="Durand-Ruel gallery"
        >
        Twenty views of Monet's Rouen cathedral were exhibited at the Durand-Ruel 
        gallery in 1895.
        </event>
    <event start="1889" end="1890"
        title="Water Lily Pond"
        icon="../../api/images/green-circle.png"
        image="water-lily-pond.png"
        link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Monet.waterlilies.500pix.jpg"
        >
        Monet was exceptionally fond of painting controlled nature: his own garden 
        in Giverny, with its water lilies, pond and bridge. He also painted up and 
        down the banks of the Seine.
        </event>
    <event start="1883" end="1909" isDuration="true"
        title="Painted landscapes and seascapes"
        color="#0a0"
        image="http://www.accents-n-art.com/artwork/M00358ss.jpg"
        link="http://www.accents-n-art.com/artists/claude_monet/san-giorgio-maggiore-at-dusk.html"
        >
        Claude Monet made several trips to the Mediterranean between 1883 and 1908. 
        During these visits he painted many landscapes and seascapes such as 
        Bordighera. Famous landmarks were also a favorite subject for Monet in the 
        Mediterranean. His paintings in Venice included the Grand Canal, Doges' Palace, 
        and San Giorgio Maggiore. The Monet painting that was stolen in the movie The 
        Thomas Crown Affair was San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk.
        </event>
    <event start="1883" end="1884"
        title="The Artist's Garden in Giverny"
        icon="../../api/images/green-circle.png"
        image="http://www.accents-n-art.com/artwork/M00006ss.jpg"
        link="http://www.accents-n-art.com/artists/claude_monet/monets-garden-the-irises.html"
        >
        Monet moved to Giverny, France in 1883. Shortly after his arrival in Giverny, 
        Claude began developing the famous garden that was the inspiration for many 
        of his most famous paintings. The Artist's Garden in Giverny is one of the 
        most popular paintings. His garden in Giverny grew to include a water garden 
        and a japanese style bridge. Water lilies and the Japanese bridge were the subject 
        of many Monet paintings.
        </event>
    <event start="1911" end="1912"
        title="Second wife died"
        >
        </event>
    <event start="1914" end="1915"
        title="Son Jean died"
        >
        </event>
    <event start="1923" end="1924"
        title="Underwent 2 cataract surgeries"
        >
        Cataracts formed on his eyes for which he underwent two surgeries in 1923. 
        It is interesting to note that the paintings done while the cataracts affected 
        his vision have a general reddish tone, which is a characteristic of the vision 
        of cataract victims. It may also be that after his surgery, he was now able to 
        see certain ultraviolet wavelengths of light that are normally excluded by the 
        lens of the eye; this may have had an effect on the colors he perceived. After 
        his operations he even repainted some of these paintings. 
        </event>
    <event start="Dec 5 1926 00:00:00 GMT"
        title="Death"
        >
        Monet died December 5, 1926 at the age of 86 and is buried in the Giverny 
        church cemetery. His famous home and garden with its waterlily pond and bridge 
        at Giverny are a popular drawcard for tourists. In the house there are many 
        examples of Japanese woodcut prints on the walls.
    </event>
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