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This is a partial list of works by Claude Monet ([klod mɔnɛ]), (14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) who was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. The term Impressionism is derived from the title of his painting Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant).
What made Monet different from the other Impressionist painters was his innovative idea of creating Series paintings devoted to paintings of a single theme or subject. With the repetitious study of the subject at different times of day Monet's paintings show the effects of sunlight, time and weather through color and contrast. Monet's "Series paintings" are particularly notable and are among his best known works. The Haystacks and Water Lilies are the most famous; however, his other series paintings include Rouen Cathedrals, Houses of Parliament, Poplar Trees, among others.