Tag: river

Le pont à Argenteuil (1874)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le pont à Argenteuil (The Bridge at Argenteuil) 1874 Oil on canvas, 60 x 79.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington From a distance of ten feet or so, Monet‘s brushstrokes blend to yield a convincing view…

Argenteuil (c.1872)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Argenteuil c.1872 Oil on canvas, 50.4 x 65.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Argenteuil (France)

Vétheuil en été (1880)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Vétheuil en été (Vétheuil in Summer) 1880 Oil on canvas, 60 x 99.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In this view of Vétheuil, seen from the opposite bank of the Seine, the flicker of individual…

La Seine à Vétheuil (1880)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La Seine à Vétheuil (The Seine at Vétheuil) 1880 Oil on canvas, 60.3 x 100.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Monet experimented with a variety of brushstrokes and simplified, horizontal forms in order to evoke…

Banquises (1893)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Banquises (Ice Floes) 1893 Oil on canvas, 66 x 100.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The prolonged freeze and heavy snowfalls in the winter of 1892–93 inspired Monet to capture their effects on the Seine…

Les quatre arbres (1891)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Les quatre arbres (The Four Trees) 1891 Oil on canvas, 81.9 x 81.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York During summer and fall 1891 Monet painted a series of views of poplars along the Epte River,…

Paysage à Vétheuil (c.1890)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Paysage à Vétheuil (Landscape at Vétheuil) c.1890 Oil on canvas, 11.5 x 16.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Vétheuil (France)

Le Pont Neuf à Paris (1872)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Le Pont Neuf à Paris 1872 Oil on canvas, 75.3 x 93.7 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington While his figure paintings are better known, Renoir‘s landscapes resonate with a vigor and freshness of vision central to…