Today, 99 years ago, on December 5, 1926 (November 1, 1926), Claude Monet, the leading French Impressionist painter, died. Claude Monet (Claude Monet, November 14, 1840 ¨C December 5, 1926), a French painter, Impressionist representative and founder. Monet was one of the most important French painters, most of his theory and practice of Impressionist have been promoted. Monet is excellent in the experimentation and expression of light and shadow. His most important style is to change the painting of shadows and contours, in Monet's paintings can not see very clear shadows, nor can see the outline or flat contours. In addition, Monet has a fairly fine use of color, with many of his same themed paintings to experiment with color and perfect expression. Monet has long explored the effects of light and air