Famous People With Lung Cancer - Claude Monet
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Updated December 18, 2014.
Though lung cancer was less common in the 1800s, our list of famous people with lung cancer continues with the father of Impressionist painting -- Claude Monet -- who died from lung cancer at the age of 86.
Born in Paris in 1840, Monet went to live with his aunt when his mother died at the age of 16. Sources indicate he had an interest in the unique early in his career. As he visited the Louvre with other artists who were mimicking the styles of the great painters, Monet sat by the window and painted what he saw.
Later, Monet spent time in Algeria with the army. But after developing typhoid fever, his aunt arranged for him to return home -- if he would complete an art class.
Monet believed life should be vibrant, and he painted landscapes, seascapes, and his beloved ponds in Giverny, France. The influence of light was very important to Monet, and he created series of paintings capturing the differences in a scene based on time of day and season.
His life was not always easy. A suicide attempt before marriage and the death of his wife from tuberlulosis, leaving him with two small children, give a window into the trials of this artist's soul. Monet loved to work outside in nature. Creating then painting his gardens was a source of great passion to him.
Monet passed away from lung cancer on December 5, 1926 in Giverny.
Though volumes have been written describing Monet's style, his own words speak the greatest meaning behind the strokes of his paintings: "Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love."
Updated December 18, 2014.
Though lung cancer was less common in the 1800s, our list of famous people with lung cancer continues with the father of Impressionist painting -- Claude Monet -- who died from lung cancer at the age of 86.
Born in Paris in 1840, Monet went to live with his aunt when his mother died at the age of 16. Sources indicate he had an interest in the unique early in his career. As he visited the Louvre with other artists who were mimicking the styles of the great painters, Monet sat by the window and painted what he saw.
Later, Monet spent time in Algeria with the army. But after developing typhoid fever, his aunt arranged for him to return home -- if he would complete an art class.
Monet believed life should be vibrant, and he painted landscapes, seascapes, and his beloved ponds in Giverny, France. The influence of light was very important to Monet, and he created series of paintings capturing the differences in a scene based on time of day and season.
His life was not always easy. A suicide attempt before marriage and the death of his wife from tuberlulosis, leaving him with two small children, give a window into the trials of this artist's soul. Monet loved to work outside in nature. Creating then painting his gardens was a source of great passion to him.
Monet passed away from lung cancer on December 5, 1926 in Giverny.
Though volumes have been written describing Monet's style, his own words speak the greatest meaning behind the strokes of his paintings: "Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love."