The Road to Vétheuil, Snow Effect (La Route de Vétheuil, Effet de Neige), c. 1879 by Claude Monet

The Road to Vétheuil, Snow Effect, painted by Claude Monet in 1879 shows a lone figure walking a snow-covered road above the village of Vétheuil, its church tower rising above rooftops blanketed in white beneath a pale winter sky. The painting belongs to the series of snow effects Monet produced during the severe winter of 1879 to 1880, a period of personal hardship in which he nonetheless painted some of his most restrained and atmospheric landscapes.

Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1879.

The Road to Vétheuil, Snow Effect (La Route de Vétheuil, Effet de Neige), c. 1879 by Claude Monet. Winter Landscape Canvas Print.