Which Impressionist painter died in 1926 at age 86?

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Claude Monet died in 1926 at age 86, making him the Impressionist painter described in the question.

Born in Paris in 1840, Monet became one of the central figures in the Impressionist movement. He helped make outdoor landscape painting, rapidly observed light, and visible brushwork central to modern European art. His best-known subjects included haystacks, poplar trees, Rouen Cathedral, the Thames, and water lilies.

Monet died of lung cancer at his home in Giverny on December 5, 1926. Because he was born on November 14, 1840, he was 86 years old. He was buried in the Giverny church cemetery. A common mix-up is confusing Monet with other long-lived Impressionists: Pierre-Auguste Renoir died in 1919, Camille Pissarro in 1903, and Alfred Sisley in 1899. Monet’s late work, especially the Water Lilies paintings, remained influential even as his eyesight deteriorated from cataracts.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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