In
Monet's early years he was not famous at all. No one had ever seen
his paintings, nor heard of him when he started painting at nineteen.
As he got older Monet married a young women who had posed in his
paintings many times. Her name was Camille. Monet loved her very
dearly. At the age of thirty-two she died from problems having
another child. Monet painted her one last time on her death bed. That
would be the last time Monet would ever paint a person. From then on
he painted landscapes.
Panel of Water Lily
Decorations, Musee d l'Orangerie, Paris Giraudon/Art
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