パリに生まれ、港町ル・アーヴルで育ちました。画家ブーダンに外で絵を描く楽しさを教わり、移り変わる光と色をすばやい筆でとらえる画家になります。1874年の展覧会に出した《印象・日の出》から「印象派」という名前が生まれました。晩年はジヴェルニーの家に池の庭をつくり、睡蓮を描きつづけました。
Monet was born in Paris and grew up in the port town of Le Havre. The painter Eugène Boudin showed him the joy of painting outdoors. Monet learned to catch changing light and color with quick brushstrokes. His painting Impression, Sunrise, shown in 1874, gave Impressionism its name. Later he made a water garden at his home in Giverny and painted water lilies for the rest of his life.
