Editing Claude Monet (section)

===Birth and childhood===
Claude Monet was born on 14 November 1840 on the fifth floor of 45 [[rue Laffitte]], in the [[9th arrondissement of Paris]].<ref name="Tucker5">P. Tucker ''Claude Monet: Life and Art'', p. 5</ref> He was the second son of Claude Adolphe Monet (1800–1871) and Louise Justine Aubrée Monet (1805–1857), both of them second-generation Parisians. On 20 May 1841, he was baptised in the local Paris church, [[Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Paris|Notre-Dame-de-Lorette]], as Oscar-Claude, but his parents called him simply Oscar.<ref name="Tucker5" /><ref>[[Sylvie Patin|Patin, Sylvie]]. "Monet: un œil... mais, bon Dieu, quel œil!" ''[[Découvertes Gallimard]]'', Number 131, série Arts. p. 14</ref> Although baptised Catholic, Monet later became an atheist.{{sfn|Levine|1994|loc=chapter 6}}{{sfn|Butler|2008|p=202}} In 1845, his family moved to [[Le Havre]] in [[Normandy]]. His father, a [[Wholesaling|wholesale]] [[merchant]], wanted him to go into the family's [[Ship chandling|ship-chandling]] and grocery business,<ref>{{Cite book|title=The New Encyclopaedia Britannica|date=1 January 1974|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica|isbn=978-0-85229-290-7|page=347|language=en}}</ref>{{sfn|Tinterow|Loyrette|1994|pp=417}} but Monet wanted to become an artist. His mother was a singer, and supported Monet's desire for a career in art.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/claude-monet-9411771#early-life-and-career|title=Claude Monet Biography|website=biography.com|language=en-us|access-date=7 February 2017|archive-date=9 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209051839/http://www.biography.com/people/claude-monet-9411771#early-life-and-career|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 1 April 1851, he entered Le Havre secondary school of the arts.<ref>Arnold, Matthias (2005). ''Claude Monet''. London: H Books. p. 3. {{ISBN|9781904950004}}.</ref> He was an apathetic student who, after showing skill in art from a young age, began drawing caricatures and portraits of acquaintances at age 15 for money.<ref name="Fourny-Dargère_30" /> He began his first drawing lessons from [[Jacques-François Ochard]], a former student of [[Jacques-Louis David]].<ref name="Fourny-Dargère_30">Fourny-Dargère, Sophie, and Claude Monet (1992). ''Monet''. New York: Konecky and Konecky. p. 30. {{ISBN|9781568522487}}.</ref> In around 1858, he met fellow artist [[Eugène Boudin]], who would encourage Monet to develop his techniques, teach him the "[[en plein air]]" (outdoor) techniques for painting and take Monet on painting excursions.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|author=Oxford Art|date=31 October 2011|title=Monet, Claude|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00124536|access-date=24 May 2021|website=[[Oxford Art Online]]|doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00124536| isbn=978-0-19-989991-3 }}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite journal|last=Greenberg|first=Susan D.|date=2001|title=The Face of Impressionism in 1870: Claude Monet's "Camille on the Beach at Trouville"|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40514596|journal=Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin|pages=66–73|jstor=40514596|issn=0084-3539|access-date=1 June 2021|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602222235/https://www.jstor.org/stable/40514596|url-status=live}}</ref> Monet thought of Boudin as his master, whom "he owed everything to" for his later success.{{sfn|Levine|1986|pp=65–75}} In 1857, his mother died.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web|last=Isaacon|first=Joel|date=2003|title=Monet, (Oscar-)Claude|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T059077|website=[[Oxford Art Online]]|doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T059077|isbn=9781884446054 }}</ref> He lived with his father and aunt, Marie-Jeanne Lecadre; Lecadre would be a source of support for Monet in his early art career.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":11" />[[File:Claude Monet - Camille.JPG|thumb|upright=0.9|left|''[[The Woman in the Green Dress]]'', [[Camille Doncieux]], 1866, [[Kunsthalle Bremen]]]]