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Artist: Claude Monet (1840-1926) (5)
Period: 19th century (9230)
Type: oil paint (473)
Keywords
autumn (23) | landscapes (1046) | leaves (plant material) (188) | reflections (26) | rivers (489) | sunlight (14) | trees (741)
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Clouds |Impressionist paintings |new |tree painting seen |en exposicion 2 |monet
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Autumn Effect at Argenteuil
1873
Claude Monet (1840-1926)
Oil on canvas
Depth: 9.5 cm ( frame ); Width: 94.5 cm ( frame ); Height: 75.5 cm ( frame ); Height: 55 cm ( canvas ); Width: 74.5 cm ( canvas );
Inscription
Signed and dated, bottom right, Claude Monet /
73
Acquisition (source, method, date)
Courtauld, Samuel; gift; 1932
P.1932.SC.274
About this work
Monet lived in Argenteuil, on the outskirts of Paris, from 1871 to 1878. The town was rapidly developing into an industrial centre, an expansion evoked by the juxtaposition of the church tower with the factory chimney in the centre. The work looks as if it was painted quickly outdoors, but in fact Monet considerably reworked his initial painting. You can still see where he scraped away layers of paint, probably with the handle of his brush, from the trees to the right. Presumably he thought the paint surface had become too thickly encrusted.
(Permanent collection label)
Copyright: © The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London
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