Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Regattas at Argenteuil (detail), c.1872.
Oil on canvas. H. 48,0 ; L. 75,3 cm.
Legs Gustave Caillebotte, 1894.
Paris, musée d'Orsay.
© Photo Musée d'Orsay, dist. Rmn - Grand Palais / P. Schmidt.
© Rmn - Grand Palais, Paris 2023.
Two years before the Impressionist movement...
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Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Regattas at Argenteuil (detail), c.1872.
Oil on canvas. H. 48,0 ; L. 75,3 cm.
Legs Gustave Caillebotte, 1894.
Paris, musée d'Orsay.
© Photo Musée d'Orsay, dist. Rmn - Grand Palais / P. Schmidt.
© Rmn - Grand Palais, Paris 2023.
Two years before the Impressionist movement officially came into existence, Monet painted this scene which has all its features, in particular the famous fragmented brushstroke. Regattas at Argenteuil was painted in natural light, because tin tubes and portable easels allowed artists to leave their studios and paint outside.
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