About Claude Monet: The French painter, Claude Monet is also known as Claude Oscar Monet. He was born on November 14, 1840 and died of lung cancer on December 5, 1926. Claude Monet's home is one of the two main attractions of Giverny. One of Claude Monet Paintings called railway bridge spanning the Seine near Paris was sold at a record $ 41.4 million in New York on May 6, 2008.