Claude Monet - Autumn on the Seine at Argenteuil 1873
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Autumn on the Seine at Argenteuil 1873
54x73cm oil/canvas
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, United States
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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The founder and prime exponent of Impressionism, Monet was introduced to the practice of painting outside (en plein air) by Eugene Boudin, a seascape artist who worked along the coast of Le Havre, the young Monet’s hometown. The activity of recording accurately the nuances and changes of color and tone in natural light resulted in images of far greater luminosity than those produced in the controlled light of the studio. This practice was to remain the central most important factor in Monet’s art for the whole of his lengthy career.