The Artist's House at Argenteuil

1873

Claude Monet and his family lived in Argenteuil, outside Paris, from 1871 to 1878. In this painting, he depicted his five- or six-year-old son, Jean, playing with a hoop, and his wife, Camille, standing in the doorway of their vine-covered house. The pleasant weather and neatly kept garden, a forerunner of the artist’s celebrated garden at Giverny, give a sense of tranquility and well-being.

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Artist

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

Date

1873

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

60.2 × 73.3 cm (23 11/16 × 28 7/8 in.); Framed: 80.7 × 93.4 × 11.5 cm (31 3/4 × 36 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.)

Origin

France

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Credit

Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection