Monet's Garden at Argenteuil

ID: #73 | TOP 20 | Impressionism | Landscapes

Date: 1873
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA
Dimensions: 82,5 x 61

On the picture we can see one of many Monet rendition of nature in Argenteuil, a village on the right bank of the Seine near Paris, where Monet and his family lived between 1871 and 1877. This time we have the opportunity to look directly into the garden, which was very well maintained, but the grandeur is only a small predecessor of the famous Monet's gardens at Giverny. The image comes from a period when he was a painter with his family financially secure because he managed to sell a few paintings Parisian art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel.

Monet painted picture Monet's Garden at Argenteuil in 1873. Prevailing color of this fine art print is vivid and its shape is landscape. Original size is 82,5 x 61. This art piece is located in National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Claude Oscar Monet (1840-1926). A native Parisian, who thoroughly developed the idea of Impressionism. Monet almost scientifically studied the effect of light on different objects. He devoted himself to so called transitory states, which quickly led him to work with colour and light, his paintings acting on the viewer from the first impression. His use of open-air painting and objects which were special only because of light opened the way for the beginnings of modern painting. Monet’s Impression, Sunrise (1874) not only gave the name to the whole art movement, but secured Monet a place among the best painters of all times. At one time, he resided in London and created his famous study Houses of Parliament (Monet wondered, How could the English painters paint Parliament when it cannot be seen for the fog?). In the Giverny, which became his favourite retreat after the death of his wife, he painted motifs from his garden and the popular series Water Lilies - the world of the water was as poetic and mysterious as a primordial paradise.