Claude Monet akaberekwa musi wa14 Mbudzi 1840 panhurikidzwa yechishanu ye45 rue Laffitte, mudunhu re9 reParis. Aive mwanakomana wechipiri waClaude Adolphe Monet naLouise Justine Aubrée Monet, vese vari vaviri chizvarwa chechipiri cheParis. Musi wa20 Chivabvu 1841, akabhabhatidzwa muchechi yemunharaunda, Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, saOscar-Claude, asi vabereki vake vakamudaidza kuti Oscar. (Akasaina julia yake "O. Monet Ochite".) Kunyangwe akabhabhatidzwa muKaturike, Monet akazova asingatendi.Muna 1845, mhuri yake yakatamira kuLe Havre muNormandy. Baba vake vaida kuti apinde mubhizinesi remhuri rekutengesa ngarava uye grocery, asi Monet aida kuve muimbi. Amai vake vaive muimbi, uye vakatsigira chishuwo chaDavid Monet chebasa remazuva makumi maviri muParis. Musi waApril 1, 1841, akabhabhatidzwa muchechi yemunharaunda, Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, saOscar-Claude, asi vabereki vake vakamudaidza kuti
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