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Claude Monet, pronounced in America as (Monet) (November 14, 1840 – May 25, 1926) was the most prolific painter in French history. It’s common knowledge that one Monet painting is worth two Van Gogh's, fifty Manet's, and half of a Picasso. Monet like many other famous artists prefers to be referred to by only his last name, and was oft famously quoted reminding people: "Please, my father was Mr. Monet, and he was an unknown grocer. I'm the one and only Monet."
Related to the Monet-Baggs family of Normandy, Claude "Dirty" Monet was fond of bunnies, and his lunch money; deciding at age eight to attend art school. His early childhood in Paris (his family moved to Le Havre around the time of his 5th birthday following a difference of opinion over the rent with their local landlord) left him with a lifelong love of rioting and beret-wearing that would influence his art during the early years of his career. He first became known locally for his charcoal caricatures, which he would sell for ten to twenty francs. This set him apart from other artists, who would traditionally exchange their works for items such as pints of beer, food or in some cases small villages in Tuscany. Monet became the first artist to charge for his work, a methodology that would bear his name thereafter, the Monetary System. (Full article...)