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. |
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. |
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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. |
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. |
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"Le Déjeuner" reflète ce bonheur en famille. Un après-midi d'été. Jean Monet joue assis sur le sol. Camille apparait en arrière plan. |
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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. |
At Argenteuil, Claude MONET expressed his
happiness to be in the nature.
Fields and a few trees make a frame to strolling characters .
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