On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt

1868

Monet painted this work in his late 20s when he was not yet widely known but was already using radical techniques to depict scenes from modern life, such as this one, featuring his future wife, Camille Doncieux. At the time, viewers were used to paintings that aimed to mirror reality, with a smooth traditional paint surface. To them Monet's approach seemed shockingly unfinished and illegible.

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Artist

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

Date

1868

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

81.5 × 100.7 cm (32 1/16 × 39 5/8 in.); Framed: 98.5 × 117.8 × 8 cm (38 3/4 × 46 3/8 × 3 1/8 in.)

Origin

France

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Credit

Potter Palmer Collection