Editing Claude Monet (section)

==Death==
[[File:Giverny, Claude Monet Grave - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Monet family grave at Giverny]]
Monet died of [[lung cancer]] on 5 December 1926 at the age of 86 and is buried in the Giverny church cemetery. Monet had insisted that the occasion be simple; thus, only about fifty people attended the ceremony.<ref>P. Tucker ''Claude Monet: Life and Art'', p. 224</ref> At his funeral, Clemenceau removed the black cloth draped over the coffin, stating: "No black for Monet!" and replaced it with a flower-patterned cloth.<ref>{{cite book |last= McAuliffe |first= Mary |title= Dawn of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Monet, Zola, Bernhardt, Eiffel, Debussy, Clemenceau, and Their Friends |url= https://archive.org/details/dawnbelleepoquep00mcau |url-access= limited |location= Canberra |publisher= Rowman & Littlefield |date = 2011| pages = [https://archive.org/details/dawnbelleepoquep00mcau/page/n350 338] |type= Paperback |isbn= 978-1-4422-0928-2}}</ref> At the time of his death, ''Waterlilies'' was "technically unfinished".<ref name=":13" />

Monet's home, garden, and water lily pond were bequeathed by Michel to the French Academy of Fine Arts (part of the [[Institut de France]]) in 1966. Through the [[Fondation Claude Monet]], the house and gardens were opened for visits in 1980, following restoration.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fondation-monet.fr/uk/?q=content/historical-record |title=Historical record |publisher=Fondation-monet.fr |access-date=19 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720220020/http://www.fondation-monet.fr/uk/?q=content%2Fhistorical-record |archive-date=20 July 2011 }}</ref> In addition to souvenirs of Monet and other objects of his life, the house contains his collection of [[Ukiyo-e|Japanese woodcut prints]], which had a pronounced influence on his art.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Morelli |first=Vivian |title=Reviving a Japanese art form |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/arts/design/tanakaya-gallery-japanese-woodblock-tefaf.html |work=[[The New York Times]]|date=28 February 2024 }}</ref> The house and garden, along with the Museum of Impressionism, are major attractions in Giverny, which hosts tourists from all over the world.