Claude Monet - The Promenade near Argenteuil 1875

The Promenade near Argenteuil 1875
The Promenade near Argenteuil
1875 60x81cm oil/canvas
Musée Marmottan-Monet, Paris

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Monet drew seemingly limitless inspiration from his surroundings at Argenteuil, exhaustively documenting the public spaces and pleasure-seekers of the riverside town. Between 1872 and 1875, he painted more than fifty views of this stretch of the Seine, focusing in particular on three motifs: the boat rental area immediately downstream from the road bridge; the wide basin of the river, with its sandy promenades; and the idyllic Petit Bras encircling the Ile Marante.