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Claude Monet was born in 14 November 1840, in Paris, France. His family soon moved to Le Havre where he grew up. His father wished him to become a grocer, but Monet’s aspirations lay in art. As he was growing up in Le Havre he developed a good reputation as a charcoal impressionist. These caricatures earned him his first income from art and encouraged him to pursue art more seriously. The money he saved from these early caricatures were to help him through difficult financial times, when his father cut him off in disappointment at his career choice.

In 1857, Monet travelled to Paris and he spent time in the Louvre. Monet was not satisfied with merely imitating the Old Masters, he would rather look out of a window or visit some place in nature and draw what he saw.