Ice Floes on the Seine at Bougival (Glaçons sur la Seine à Bougival), 1868 by Claude Monet

Ice Floes on the Seine at Bougival (Glaçons sur la Seine à Bougival), painted by Claude Monet around 1868 captures the Seine choked with drifting ice during the harsh winter of 1867-1868, its cold silvery light and broken surface rendered with the direct, naturalistic touch of his early Impressionist practice. Painted at Bougival, just outside Paris, the work is among his most striking early winter landscapes and reflects the outdoor painting discipline he had begun to cultivate in the preceding years. A quietly powerful and historically significant work for any interior with an appreciation for the origins of Impressionism.

Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1868.

Ice Floes on the Seine at Bougival (Glaçons sur la Seine à Bougival), 1868 by Claude Monet. Impressionist Winter Landscape Canvas Print.