Jean Monet on His Hobby Horse (Jean Monet sur son cheval de bois), 1872 by Claude Monet

Jean Monet on His Hobby Horse, painted by Claude Monet in 1872 shows the artist's five-year-old son Jean at play astride his wooden toy horse in the garden of the family's new home at Argenteuil, his small figure caught mid-motion with the quick, broken brushwork Monet was developing for his Impressionist landscapes. Painted the same summer the Monets resettled in France after fleeing the Franco-Prussian War, the canvas turns a domestic, private moment into as vivid a study of movement and dappled light as his views of the Seine.

Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1872.

Jean Monet on His Hobby Horse (Jean Monet sur son cheval de bois), 1872 by Claude Monet. Impressionist Childhood Wall Art Canvas Print.