Regattas at Argenteuil (Régates à Argenteuil), 1872 by Claude Monet

Regattas at Argenteuil (Régates à Argenteuil), painted by Claude Monet around 1872 captures a cluster of sailboats gliding on the Seine beneath a wide, cloud-streaked sky, their white sails catching what light breaks through the overcast afternoon. A row of red-roofed houses and a solitary tree line the near shore, rendered in short, blunt strokes that dissolve architectural detail into pure color and reflected light. Painted during Monet’s years at Argenteuil, a riverside town that became a favored subject for its sailing regattas, the work exemplifies the plein-air technique and everyday leisure subjects that defined the emerging Impressionist movement.

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

Regattas at Argenteuil (Régates à Argenteuil), 1872 by Claude Monet. Impressionist Regatta Wall Art Canvas Print.