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Auguste Renoir, Portrait of Claude Monet, 1875

Oil on canvas, 85 × 60.5 cm

Musée d’Orsay, Paris

1840: 14 November, Claude Oscar Monet is born in Paris.

1845: The Monet family moves to Le Havre.

1858: Makes the acquaintance of Boudin, who introduces him to plein-air painting.

1859: Goes to Paris. Meets Troyon. Frequents the Académie Suisse, where he meets Pissarro.

1860: Draws at the Académie Suisse. Paints landscapes at Champigny-sur-Marne. In the autumn, is called up for military service.

1861: Serves with the army in Algeria.

1862: Discharged for health reasons. In the summer, works at Sainte-Adresse together with Boudin and Jongkind. In November, returns to Paris. Attends the studio of Gleyre. Meets Renoir, Sisley and Bazille.

1863: Works at Chailly-en-Bière near Fontainebleau. At the end of the year Monet, Renoir, Sisley and Bazille leave the studio of Gleyre.

1864: Works at Honfleur with Bazille, Boudin and Jongkind. In Paris, meets Gustave Courbet.

1865: Exhibits two seascapes in the Salon. Spends the summer at Chailly together with Bazille. In the autumn, works at Trouville with Courbet, Daubigny and Whistler.

1866: Paints views of Paris. Exhibits Woman in a Green Dress (Camille) in the Salon. Meets Edouard Manet. At Ville d’Avray, paints Women in the Garden; in Le Havre, The Jetty at Le Havre; then works at Sainte-Adresse and Honfleur.

1867: Experiences financial hardship. Lives with his parents at Sainte-Adresse. In the autumn, returns to Paris.

1868: Works at Etretat and Fécamp.

1869: Together with Renoir, works at Bougival, where he paints La Grenouillère. Moves to Etretat, then to Le Havre.

1870: In September, goes to London.

1871: Stays in London. Daubigny introduces him to Durand-Ruel. Meets Pissarro. Travels to Holland. Reveals an interest in Japanese prints. Returns to France visiting Belgium on his way. In December, stays at Argenteuil.

1872: Together with Boudin, visits Courbet imprisoned for his participation in the Commune. Works at Le Havre, where he paints Impression: Sunrise. After his second trip to Holland, settles at Argenteuil (until 1878).

1873: Works at Argenteuil in a studio boat, painting the banks of the Seine.

1874: Shows nine works at the exhibition later to be called the First Impressionist Exhibition held at Nadar’s (15 April-15 May, 35 Boulevard des Capucines). Meets Caillebotte.

1875: Continues to work at Argenteuil. Difficult financial situation.

1876: In April, takes part in the Second Impressionist Exhibition, at the Durand-Ruel Gallery (11 Rue Le Peletier), showing eighteen works. Begins the Gare Saint-Lazare series, which he finishes the next year.

1877: In April, participants in the Third Impressionist Exhibition (6 Rue Le Peletier), displaying thirty paintings. Visits Montgeron. In the winter, returns to Paris.

1878: Settles at Vétheuil.

1879: At the Fourth Impressionist Exhibition (10 April-11 May, 28 Avenue de l’Opera) shows twenty-nine paintings. Works at Vétheuil and Lavacourt.

1880: His one-man show at the premises of the newspaper La Vie Moderne. Works at Vétheuil.

1881: Works at Vétheuil, Fécamp and, in December, at Poissy.

1882: In March, at the Seventh Impressionist Exhibition (251 Rue Saint-Honoré) shows thirty-five paintings. Works at Pourville, Dieppe and Poissy.

1883: In March, his one-man show at the Durand-Ruel Gallery. In May, stays at Giverny. Works in the environs of Vernon, in Le Havre, and at Etretat. In December, makes a short trip to the Mediterranean with Renoir. Visits Cézanne at l’Estaque.

1884: From 17 January to 14 March, works at Bordighera. In April, stays at Menton; in August, at Etretat; in the autumn, at Giverny.

1885: Takes part in the International Exhibition at the Georges Petit Gallery. From October to December, works at Etretat.

1886: A brief trip to Holland. Refuses to take part in the Eighth (last) Impressionist Exhibition. Contributes to the International Exhibition at the Georges Petit Gallery. A show of Monet’s paintings in New York. In September, works at Belle-Ile, where he meets Geffroy.

1887: Shows two paintings at the Exhibition of the Royal Society of British Artists in London.

1888: From January to April, lives at Antibes. In July, visits London. In September, returns to Etretat.

1889: In July, exhibition of works by Monet and Rosin (145 pieces) in the Georges Petit Gallery.

1890: Begins the Haystacks and Poplars series. Moves to Giverny.

1891: Continues his work on the Haystacks and Poplars series. The Haystacks series enjoys a success at the exhibition in the Durand-Ruel Gallery. In December, visits London.

1892: Exhibits his Poplars series. Begins the Rouen Cathedral series.

1893: Continues his work on the Rouen Cathedral series.

1894: Cézanne visits Giverny.

1895: In January, travels to Norway. Shows his Cathedrals series in the Durand-Ruel Gallery (10–31 May).

1896: In February and March, works at Pourville.

1897: From January to March, stays at Pourville.

1898: In June, takes part in the exhibition at the Georges Petit Gallery.

1899: Begins the Water Lilies. In the autumn, goes to London, where he paints views of the Thames.

1900: In February, visits London again. In April, works at Giverny. Spends the summer at Vétheuil.

1901: In February and April, stays in London.

1902: Spends February and March in Brittany.

1903: Works on views of the Thames in London.

1904: Paints his garden at Giverny. Shows his views of the Thames at the exhibition in the Durand-Ruel Gallery (9 May-14 June). In October, goes to Madrid to see works by Velázquez.

1906: Works on the Water Lilies series.

1908: From September to December, stays in Venice.

1909: In the autumn, returns to Venice, where he paints a series of views.

1912: Shows his Venetian series at the exhibition in the Bernhein-Jeune Gallery (28 May-8 June).

1916: Begins work on the decorative panels the Water Lilies.

1921: A retrospective exhibition in the Durand-Ruel Gallery (21 January-2 February). In September, a short trip to Brittany.

1922: Suffers from eye disease.

1923: Works on the decorative panels the Water Lilies.

1926: 5 December, dies at Giverny.

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