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The Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam (Looking up the Groenburgwal)
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| Artist / Maker | Claude Monet |
|---|---|
| Date | 1874 |
| Medium | canvas, oil paint |
| Genre | cityscape |
| Type | Painting |
| Collection | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| Location | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
About the Artist
Claude Monet spent his youth in Le Havre in Normandy, where his father worked as a wholesale grocer. By the age of sixteen, he had exhibited some of his caricatures in an art supply store, leading to his acquaintance with Boudin (q.v.). It was Boudin who first encouraged him to paint out of doors. In 1859 Monet traveled to Paris, where he saw Boudin's salon debut and met Constant Troyon (1810-1865). A year later he joined the Académie Suisse, where… Full biography →
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