Sailboat at Petit-Gennevilliers (Au Petit-Gennevilliers), 1874 by Claude Monet

Sailboat at Petit-Gennevilliers, painted by Claude Monet in 1874 shows the calm river basin across from Argenteuil, where small sailing and rowing boats rest at anchor before a cluster of riverside houses beneath a pale, overcast sky. Monet painted this stretch of the Seine repeatedly from his studio boat during his Argenteuil years, and works like this one, made in the same year as the first Impressionist exhibition, capture the leisure boating culture that had transformed the once-industrial riverbank into a fashionable weekend destination.

Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1874.

Sailboat at Petit-Gennevilliers (Au Petit-Gennevilliers), 1874 by Claude Monet. Impressionist Seine Wall Art Canvas Print.