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What was Claude Monet’s early life like?

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When Claude Monet was five years old, he and his family moved to the Normandy coast, near Le Havre, France. His childhood was spent along the beaches, and the intimate knowledge he gained of the sea and the rapidly shifting Norman weather later influenced his art, which displayed his fresh vision of nature.