Monet - Life&Times Author:Matthias Arnold Claude Monet (1840-1926) spent most of his career painting his own spontaneous impression of nature. He gave the title of 'Impressionism' to the school of art he created together with Pissarro and Sisley. Today, Claude Monet belongs to the classic painters, not only with his stature as the most important of the impressionists, he is undoubtedl... more » one of the greatest of his profession. Paul Cezanne paid him the most telling compliment: "Monet is an eye, the most wonderful eye since there have been artists."« less