The Argenteuil Basin (Le Bassin d’Argenteuil), painted by Claude Monet, gathers small sailboats and rowboats along a jetty where two figures stand looking out over the water, with a distant fountain jet, a tree-lined promenade, and a road bridge visible across the basin. Soft grays and blues fill the sky above the calm harbor, rendered in Monet’s loose, atmospheric brushwork. The scene captures the leisurely boating life of Argenteuil, the riverside town where Monet lived and painted throughout much of the 1870s.
Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926).
The Argenteuil Basin (Le Bassin d’Argenteuil) by Claude Monet. Impressionist River Landscape Wall Art Canvas Print.