Claude Monet, paintings of Argenteuil

Paintings, pictures, posters and prints by Claude Monet

C'est le 2 janvier 1872 que Claude MONET pend la crémaillère à Argenteuil. A cette époque cette actuelle banlieue parisienne est encore une petite ville de 8000 habitants entourée de champs.

"Les coquelicots à Argenteuil", exposé avec "Impression, soleil levant" à l'exposition de 1874 chez le photographe Nadar reste l'une des oeuvres les plus célèbres et les plus représentatives du mouvement impressionniste naissant.

Poppies at argenteuil by Claude Monet
"Les Coquelicots à Argenteuil"
Claude MONET 1873
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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Claude MONET arrived in Argenteuil on January 2nd 1872. In those days Argenteuil was a small town of 8000 inhabitants surrounded by fields.

"Poppies at Argenteuil" was exhibited with "Impression, sunrise" at the 1874 exhibition of the photographer Nadar.

It is one of Claude MONET's most famous paintings, perhaps because Camille seems to swim in flowers.

Claude MONET est un homme heureux au cours de ces deux premières années passées à Argenteuil : Il vit dans une belle maison entourée d'un beau jardin, a une jeune et jolie femme et un petit garçon. De plus ses tableaux se vendent bien.

The Artist House at Argenteuil by Claude Monet
"La maison de l'Artiste à Argenteuil"
Claude MONET 1873
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
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Claude MONET was a happy man during these first two years spent at Argenteuil : he lived in a beautiful house with a pretty garden, had a young wife and a little boy. What is more, his works were selling well.

"Le Déjeuner" reflète ce bonheur en famille. Un après-midi d'été. Jean Monet joue assis sur le sol. Camille apparait en arrière plan.

The Luncheon by Claude Monet
"Le Déjeuner"
Claude MONET 1873
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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"The Luncheon" reflects the family happiness at Argenteuil. A quiet summer afternoon, Jean Monet is sitting on the ground and playing, Camille appears in the background.

A Argenteuil, Claude MONET nous livre son plaisir d'être tout simplement dans la nature. De simples champs et quelques arbres sont le cadre de personnages qui flânent.

Meadow with poplars near Argenteuil by Claude Monet
"Peupliers, près d'Argenteuil"
Claude MONET 1875
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
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At Argenteuil, Claude MONET expressed his happiness to be in the nature.

Fields and a few trees make a frame to strolling characters . 


"La capeline rouge"
Claude MONET 1873
Cleveland Museum of Art
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