Claude Monet.

Kennardleys guest this episode is the principal painter from the impressionist movement of the late 19th and early 20th century Claude Monet. They chat about his bouts with depression, an unconventional home life, early struggles and late success as an artist and his extraordinary garden in Givenchy.

Join Kennardley in this entertaining, educational, slightly tongue in cheek but generally factual account of one of history's great artists.

Resources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monet

https://www.claude-monet.com/

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Claude Monet - Episode Highlights

0.00 - Episode Intro

01.14 - Birthdate and place

01.58 - Becoming an artist

04.05 - Paris art school/military service in Algeria/Charles Gleyre's Studio and the Anate Guards

07.15 - Accepted into The Salon/Camille Doncieux, future wife/Poverty/ Suicide Attempt.

09.09 - Fleeing France and Conscription to the Franco Prussian war.

10.18 - Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors and Engravers and The naming of “The Impressionists”

12.16 - A different direction.

12.57 - Evading creditors and an affair with Alice Hoschede, future 2nd wife.

14.17. - The death of Camille/ depression/climbing out of poverty.

16.36 - Giverny, the garden and a move away from impressionism.

19.18 - Death of 2nd wife Alice and son Jean.

19.50 - Failing eyesight.

21.12 - Monet’s Death

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