Claude Monet was one of the founders of Impressionism and one of the most talented painters of his generation.
Claude Monet was one of the founders of Impressionism and one of the most talented painters of his generation. Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he was able to move beyond the methods and precepts of his training to find his own path and, in doing so, express his full talent. As a reaction to the dictates of academic painting, Claude Monet founded the Impressionist movement with other major figures such as Pierre-Auguste Renoir.