monet argenteuil basin with a single sailboat

Le Bassin d'Argenteuil

From December 1871 until 1878, Monet lived in Argenteuil. He would set up his easel out in the countryside or in his garden. But above all it was the Seine and the movement of the small boats which attracted the painter's attention. In his paintings, with their light and vivid colours, Monet shows his perfect mastery of the technique of fragmenting brush strokes, producing an interplay of luminous vibration. The left of the painting is taken up by the Argenteuil promenade, punctuated by the shadows of the trees planted along it. In the background there is a road bridge with a tollbooth at each end. On the right, in the foreground, there is the jetty of a bathing pool, then a washhouse. A major part of the painting is given over to clouds moving across the blue sky. As Daniel Wildenstein pointed out, Monet took several liberties with the motif. He only painted five arches on the bridge, which in reality had seven, and he raised the height of the tollbooths. The activity in Bassin d'Argenteuil recalls the beach scenes of Saint Adresse or those of the Grenouillère baths at Bougival before 1870. But here we have a particularly accomplished work, a brilliant starting point for a fruitful series, as Impressionism reached its peak during the Argenteuil period.

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History - provenance, exhibitions, about this object record.

• collection Ernest Duez, Paris
• jusqu'en 1901, dans la collection Decap, Paris
• 1901, Vente Tableaux modernes... collection de M.X [Decap], Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 15 avril 1901, n°14
• de 1901 à 1911, dans la collection du comte Isaac de Camondo, Paris (acquis pour la somme de 16 500F à la Vente de Drouot du 15 avril)
• 1911, accepté par l'Etat à titre de legs du comte Isaac de Camondo pour le musée du Louvre (comité du 27/04/1911, conseil du 08/05/1911, arrêté du 23/11/1911)
• 1911, attribué au musée du Louvre, Paris
• de 1911 à 1947, au musée du Louvre, Paris (exposé à partir de 1914)
• de 1947 à 1986, au musée du Louvre, galerie du Jeu de Paume, Paris
• 1986, affecté au musée d'Orsay, Paris
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Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat   1874

by Claude Monet

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In December 1871, Monet moved with his family to Argenteuil. This town to the northwest of Paris had become one of the favourite locations of enthusiasts who came to enjoy boating, yachting and rowing.Around 1875, Monet painted a series of views of sailing boats at anchor in Argenteuil basin. In the painting in the Musée de l’Orangerie, the vermilion hulls of the boats are at the centre of the composition. They offer a striking contrast with the blue of the sky and water, and the green of the vegetation floating on the surface of the Seine. Everything is enhanced by the white splashes of the sails and the navy blue of the hulls on the left. The broken brushstrokes are typical of Impressionism at its height. The vertical lines of the masts give rhythm and structure to the composition. Traditional perspective is not strictly observed, the perspective lines seem to diverge to the right and left of the boats. The painting acquired by Domenica Walter is the only work by Monet in the collection. This canvas from early in Monet’s career echoes his artistic testament, also in the Musée de l’Orangerie - the decorative cycle of  Nymphéas [Water Lilies] .

Provenance: Romaine Brooks, Nice (around1921); Domenica Walter (around 1955)

Object details

History - provenance, exhibitions, about this object record.

• entre 1921 et 1955, dans la collection Romaine Brooks, Nice
• jusqu'en 1963, dans la collection de Mme Jean Walter, Paris
• 1963, acquis de Mme Jean Walter avec le concours de la Société des Amis du Louvre (arrêté d'approbation de la vente du 28/12/1963)
• musée du Louvre, Paris
• 1977, musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, entrée matérielle
• Collection Jean Walter-Paul Guillaume - musée de l'Orangerie - France, Paris, 1966
• Impressionnistes et post-impressionnistes des musées français de Manet à Matisse - pinacothèque nationale – musée Alexandre Soutzo - 1980
• Impressionnistes et Post-Impressionnistes des musées français : de Manet à Matisse - musée national de Géorgie - Géorgie, Tbilissi, 1981
• Impressionnistes et Post-Impressionnistes des musées français : de Manet à Matisse - musée de l'Ermitage - Russie, Fédération de, Saint-Pétersbourg, 1981
• Claude Monet - Museo Español de Arte Contemporaneo - Espagne, Madrid, 1986
• Claude Monet - Oberes Belvedere - Autriche, Vienne, 1996
• Impressionists on the Seine. A celebration of Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party - The Phillips Collection - 1996-1997
• Chefs-d'oeuvres du musée de l'Orangerie : collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume - Bunkamura Museum of Art - Japon, Tokyo, 1998-1999
• Chefs-d'oeuvres du musée de l'Orangerie : collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume - City Art Museum - Japon, Nagoya, 1999
• Chefs-d'oeuvres du musée de l'Orangerie : collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume - Prefectural Art Museum - Japon, Hiroshima, 1999
• Chefs-d'oeuvres du musée de l'Orangerie : collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume - Niigata City Art Museum - Japon, Niigata, 1999
• Chefs-d'oeuvres du musée de l'Orangerie : collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume - National Museum of Modern Art - Japon, Kyoto, 1999
• Chefs-d'oeuvre du musée de l'Orangerie : collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume - Taïpei Fine Arts Museum - Taïwan, Province de Chine, Taïpei, 1999-2000
• Chefs-d'oeuvre du musée de l'Orangerie : collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume - Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts - Taïwan, Province de Chine, Kaohsiung, 2000
• De Renoir à Picasso : chefs-d'oeuvre du musée de l'Orangerie - musée des beaux-arts - Canada, Montréal, 2000
• De Renoir à Picasso : chefs-d'oeuvre du musée de l'Orangerie - Kimbell Art Museum - Etats-Unis, Fort Worth, 2000-2001
• Renoir to Picasso : Masterpieces from the Musée de l'Orangerie - Queensland Art Gallery - Australie, Brisbane, 2001
• Renoir to Picasso : Masterpieces from the Musée de l'Orangerie - Art Gallery of New South Wales - Australie, Sydney, 2001
• Renoir to Picasso : Masterpieces from the Musée de l'Orangerie - National Gallery of Victoria - Australie, Melbourne, 2001
• Monet, i luoghi della pittura - Casa dei Carraresi - Italie, Trévise, 2001-2002
• De Renoir a Picasso : Obres mestres del Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris - CaixaForum - Espagne, Barcelone, 2002
• Claude Monet et ses amis - musée des Beaux-Arts - Hongrie, Budapest, 2003-2004
• Claude Monet - Von der Heydt-Museum - Allemagne, Wuppertal, 2009-2010
• Birth of Impressionism. Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay - Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - Etats-Unis, San Francisco, 2010
• Birth of Impressionism. Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay - Frist Center for Visual Arts - Etats-Unis, Nashville, 2010-2011
• La couleur réfléchie. L'impressionnisme à la surface de l'eau - musée des Beaux-Arts - France, Rouen, 2013
• Obras Maestras del Musée de l’Orangerie - Museo Dolores Olmedo - Mexique, Mexico, 2013-2014
• Monet and the Seine : Impressions of a River - Philbrook Museum of Art - Etats-Unis, Tulsa, 2014
• Monet and the Seine : Impressions of a River - Museum of Fine Arts - Etats-Unis, Houston, 2014-2015
• Monet - Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea - Italie, Turin, 2015-2016
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• Hoog, Michel ; Guicharnaud, Hélène ; Giraudon, Colette, Musée de l’Orangerie : catalogue de la collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume, 3ème éd. revue et mise à jour [1ère éd. 1984] , Paris, Réunion des musées nationaux, 1990, n° 65, p. 150, repr. coul. p. 151 (Argenteuil)
• Georgel, Pierre ; Peng, Chang-Ming, Chefs-d'oeuvre du musée de l'Orangerie : collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume. , Taïpei, China Times, 1999, n° 16, p. 72, repr. coul. 73
• Dulout, Stephanie, Azart , Cap sur la Normandie impressionniste, [s.n.], 2010, mentionné p. 106-107, repr. coul.
• Obras Maestras del Musée de l'Orangerie , Mexico, Museo Dolores Olmedo, 2013, Cat. 17, p. 87, repr. coul.
• Jamot, Paul (préf.), Claude Monet, cat. exp. (Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, de juin à juillet 1931) , Paris, musées nationaux, 1931, n° 69 (cat. p. 53 ["Les Bateaux rouges", "Collection de Mme Brooks"])
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• Esteban Leal, Paloma ; Sanchez Garcia, Carmen ; Huyghe, René ; Wildenstein, Daniel, Monet, cat. exp. (Madrid, Museo Espanol de Arte Contemporàneo, 1986) , Madrid, Museo Espanol de Arte Contemporaneo, 1986, n° 21, p. 234, 461, repr. coul. p. [235]
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• Georgel, Pierre ; Kijima, Shunsuke ; Nagai, Takanori, Chefs-d'oeuvre du musée de l'Orangerie : collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume, cat. exp. (Tokyo ; Nagoya ; Hiroshima ; Niigata ; Kyoto, 1998-1999) , Tokyo, NTV, 1998, n° 16, p. [56], 200, 201, repr. coul. p. [56], 57
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• Goldin, Marco ; Murphy, Alexandra ; Stuckey, Charles F., Monet : i luoghi della pittura, cat. exp. (Trévise, Casa dei Carraresi, du 29/09/2001 au 10/02/2002) , Conegliano, Linea d'ombra Libri, 2001, n° 18, p. 361-362, repr. coul. p. 85, 87 ( détail), 361 (Le Barche rosse, Argenteuil)
• Gesko, Judit ; Molnos, Peter ; Timar, Arpad, Monet et ses amis, cat. exp. (Budapest, Musée des beaux-arts, 2003-2004) , Budapest, Vince Kadio, 2003, n° 59, p. 242, repr. coul. p. [243]
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• Ferretti Bocquillon, Marina, L'Impressionnisme au fil de la Seine, cat. exp. (Giverny, Musée des Impressionnismes, 2010) , [s.n.], 2010, n° 27 (cat. p. 97, repr. coul., Les Bateaux rouges, Argenteuil)
• Amic, Sylvain ; Chardin, V. ; Nonne, M. ; David-Frank, J.-M. ; Eybert, M., Eblouissants reflets : cent chefs-d'oeuvre impressionnistes, cat. exp. (Rouen, musée des beaux-arts, du 29 avril au 30 septrembre 2013) , Rouen / Paris, musées de la Ville de Rouen / Réunion des musées nationaux, 2013, p. 45-46, repr. coul. p. 132-133
• Cogeval, Guy ; Rey, Xavier ; Bertone, Virginia ; Perrin, Paul ; Patin, Sylvie ; Badie Modiri, Elsa, Monet. Dalle collezioni del Musée d’Orsay, cat. exp. (Turin, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna et Contemporeana, 02 octobre 2015 au 31 janvier 2016) , Paris, Skira, 2015, cat. 17, p. 123 (reprod. coul.) ; p. 112 ; p. 113
• Chefs-d'oeuvre du Musée de l'Orangerie, collection Jean Walter et Paul Guillaume, cat. exp. (Yokohama Museum of Art, du 21 septembre 2019 au 13 janvier 2020) , Yokohama, Yokohama Museum of Art, 2019, n° 2, p. 40, pl. coul. p. 41

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Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat is an oil on canvas autumn scene of the basin at Argenteuil , painted by French Impressionist artist Claude Monet in 1874. [1]

The piece was created during Monet's residence at Argenteuil, a town on the banks of the Seine , on the outskirts of Paris . Here Monet purchased a boat to be used as a floating studio and painted many scenes of the surrounding area. [1]

National Gallery of Ireland

The painting was purchased by Irish playwright and activist Edward Martyn in 1899, on the advice of his cousin, George Moore . It was bequeathed to the National Gallery of Ireland in 1924. [2] It is valued at €10m. [3]

Vandalism and restoration

At around 11am on 29 June 2012 a visitor to the gallery, Andrew Shannon, punched the painting causing "huge damage, shocking damage" [4] with "an extensive three-branched tear". [5]

After 18 months of restoration work, on 1 July 2014, the painting was re-hung in the gallery, behind protective glass. [3] The restoration saw 7% of the damaged area being lost, in a process that involved sewing microscopic threads back together. [4]

Shannon was jailed for 5 years for the attack. [6]

• List of paintings by Claude Monet

External links

• http://www.nationalgallery.ie/en/Learning/Schools/Impressionism/Works/Monet.aspx , National Gallery of Ireland information
• http://www.nationalgallery.ie/Learning/Schools/Impressionism/Conservation_Project/Monet.aspx , National Gallery of Ireland restoration process

Notes and References

• Web site: Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat . National Gallery of Ireland . 18 January 2015.
• Web site: eMuseum . National Gallery of Ireland . 18 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150118133227/http://onlinecollection.nationalgallery.ie/view/objects/asitem/248/8/sortNumber-asc;jsessionid=4BCA839B5403A418978E44A004E02E20?t:state:flow=381a6dc7-ab82-4f53-a387-54626eb55ea1 . 18 January 2015 . dead .
• Web site: Restored Monet returned to National Gallery . RTÉ . 1 July 2014 . 18 January 2015.
• Web site: Vandalised Monet work restored . Belfast Telegraph . 1 July 2014 . 18 January 2015.
• Web site: The Claude Monet Research & Conservation Project . National Gallery of Ireland. 18 January 2015.
• Web site: Wheaton . Oliver . Man is jailed for punching a hole through an £8 million Monet painting . Metro . 6 December 2014 . 18 January 2015.

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Ah, here’s a place I love. There’s no better job in the world than looking after paintings but on a sunny day, I’d give anything to be outside, enjoying the sun by a lovely river.

[swishing of water]

This artist loved the sun and water too. His name was Claude Monet, and he spent his entire life finding ways to paint sunlight. 

So how did he do it?

Well, you don’t really see light itself; you see its effect on the world around you – so Monet painted the way light changed the landscape in front of him – the colours in particular, like the deep blue water here and the bright orange trees – I guess it must be autumn.

Blue and orange: I’ve learned about those two colours. They’re called complementary – or opposite – colours, and when you put them together, they clash and make each other look brighter. 

Exactly, and that’s why this picture looks so bright! Monet was one of a group of artists called the Impressionists, and what they wanted to do was paint nature just as they saw it. They wanted to capture their first impression of things, so they took their paints and brushes out of doors and painted in the open air.

Even in rain?

Even in snow!

And even on a river! Monet must have painted this picture on the water because there’s water left, right and centre.

Well spotted! Monet had a small boat that he turned into an art studio so that he could paint on the river. 

And is that why those brushstrokes are so big and obvious? It’s like he painted them quickly before the boat moved. 

Íde [laughing]:

That’s his technique. Monet painted fast to get the colours right before the light changed.

I want to go painting outside now!

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Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat

Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat is an oil on canvas autumn scene of the basin at Argenteuil , painted by French Impressionist artist Claude Monet in 1874. [1]

• 2.1 Vandalism and restoration
• 3 References
• 4 External links

The piece was created during Monet's residence at Argenteuil, a town on the banks of the Seine , on the outskirts of Paris . Here Monet purchased a boat to be used as a floating studio and painted many scenes of the surrounding area. [1]

National Gallery of Ireland

The painting was purchased by Irish playwright and activist Edward Martyn in 1899, on the advice of his cousin, George Moore . It was bequeathed to the National Gallery of Ireland in 1924. [2] It is valued at €10m. [3]

Vandalism and restoration

At around 11am on 29 June 2012 a visitor to the gallery, Andrew Shannon, punched the painting causing "huge damage, shocking damage" [4] with "an extensive three-branched tear". [5]

After 18 months of restoration work, on 1 July 2014, the painting was re-hung in the gallery, behind protective glass. [3] The restoration saw 7% of the damaged area being lost, in a process that involved sewing microscopic threads back together. [4]

Shannon was jailed for 5 years for the attack. [6]

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External links

• [1] , National Gallery of Ireland information
• [2] , National Gallery of Ireland restoration process

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The art of Claude Monet is the epitome of Impressionism. He was described as the inventor of colourful dreams beyond the visible. But he was much more than that: he always sought to realise his idea of painting in the open-air - en plein air. The decisive factor for his painting was always how he sees and not what he sees. Original: Oil on canvas, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin. This painting by Claude Monet has been lavishly reproduced on hand-made, heavy 250g Gmund Tactile. In a golden solid wood frame, glazed. Size 37 x 44 cm (h/w). ars mundi Exclusive Edition.

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The art of Claude Monet is the epitome of Impressionism. During his long life as a painter, he was tirelessly searching for new ways to depict the variability of light and colour in many various atmospheric variations and at different times of the day.

Monet was born in Paris, but grew up in Le Havre, on the Normandy coast, where his father ran a small grocery shop. He made his early artistic attempts with caricatures but then switched to open-air painting. Light pastel tones found their way onto his canvases. His paintings were repeatedly rejected by the official Paris Salon, but Monet and his friends Auguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley were not discouraged. On their joint excursions to Fontainebleau, they created magnificent fresh paintings in the open air that left the strict academic rules further and further behind.

However, severe financial crises hit Monet and his pregnant beloved Camille. During the Franco-Prussian War, Monet fled to London with his young family. After the war, they settled in Argenteuil. This small town outside Paris, picturesquely situated along the Seine, became the centre of attraction for a whole series of Impressionist painters: Edouard Manet, Gustave Caillebotte, Camille Pissarro, Auguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley met there to capture their impressions on canvas. In the group's first independent exhibition, a painting by Monet entitled "Impression. Sunrise" gave the art movement its name.

After Camille's death, Monet moved to Giverny with his second wife Alice. Here he was able to realise his lifelong dream of having his own garden, designed by himself: The flowering garden with its Japanese bridges and ponds full of water lilies inspired Monet constantly to create new, ever larger paintings showing the changing plant life as an overwhelming decorative harmony of nature.

This estate, which was bequeathed by Monet's son to the Academié des Beaux-Art in 1966 and is open to the public through the "Claude Monet Foundation" since 1980, was an inexhaustible source of inspiration for him. Today, the garden in Giverny is a destination valued many art lovers. Anyone who visits it feels immediately transported into the artist's pictorial world. In spring, colourful blossoms are all over the place, and while looking at the real water lily ponds that Monet painted over and over again, visitors are amazed at how precisely he captured the scenery, despite all his artistic idiosyncrasies. "On my garden I work continuously and with love, most of all I need flowers, always, always. My heart is always in Giverny. A separation from Giverny would hit me hard ... never again would I find such a beautiful place." And he never had to separate with his garden; Monet died in his beloved Giverny on 5 December 1926.

Monet has been called the inventor of colourful dreams beyond the visible. But he was much more, always seeking to realise his idea of painting in the open air - en plein air. For his painting, the decisive factor was always how he sees, not what he sees.

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