Claude Monet ( 1840 - 1926 ) was a French Impressionism artist. Monet was the founder and advocate of Impressionistic painting, especially the philosophy behind plein air landscape painting. Claude Monet s works have been put up for auction numerous times, with realized prices greatly surpassing estimated prices, varying from 648288.37 USD for Chemin creux à Giverny in 2003 to a remarkable rec