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Claude Monet: Art
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In the spring of 1862, Monet's career was interrupted by a draft into the army. He was supposed to be sent to Algeria for a number of years, but he contracted typhoid and out of pity, his aunt bought him out of the army under the condition that Monet would finish his formal education. However, Monet did not keep his promise. Instead, he enrolled in an institution that did not have the strict professors that "suitable" academies had. It was here that Monet met three close friends who shared his liking for a new style of art that eventually was called Impressionism. His new acquaintances were Frederic Bazille, Auguste Renoir, and Alfred Sisley.
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During the short civil war of 1870-71, Monet moved to London and met the celebrated art dealer - Paul Durand-Ruel who worked hard to popularize the cause of Impressionist works. During the period from 1874- 1882, Monet participated in many group exhibitions. It was during these years that he worked on masterpieces such as 'La Gare Saint-Lazare' and 'Rue Saint-Denis'. Claude Monet was intensely poor, as his paintings did not find any buyers. In an attempt to live a cheaper life, he moved from place to place, finally settling at Giverny in 1883 until his death.
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In 1865 Monet had his first works -- two ambitious seascapes -- accepted by the Salon, a juried art exhibition sponsored annually by the official French Academy of Fine Arts. Thereafter he had a checkered record of acceptance and rejection by the conservative Salon jury, although his works received praise from critics such as French writer Émile Zola and were purchased by discerning and influential buyers.
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The Orangerie, the Musee Marmottan and the Musee d'Orsay in Paris are prime sites for seeing Monet's work. Americans were among his busiest early purchasers so that several USA galleries display his work, notably the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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Monet had to serve in the army in Algeria. His aunt Lecadre agreed to get him out of the army if he took an art course at a university. He left the army, but he did not like the traditional painting styles the university taught.
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