2-999-542 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Springtime, 1872. Monet moved to Argenteuil, a suburban town on the right bank of the Seine River northwest of Paris, in late December 1871. Many of the types of scenes that he and the other Impressionists favoured could be found in this small town, conveniently connected by rail to nearby Paris. In this painting, Monet was less interested in capturing a likeness than in studying how unblended dabs of colour could suggest the effect of brilliant sunlight filtered through leaves.