The Seine at Bougival in the Evening, painted by Claude Monet in 1869, captures the quiet river at dusk as an orange-streaked sky fades over the village and its distant bridge. Dark trees and deep violet shadows frame the water, where the last light shimmers across the rippling surface beside a small rowboat. Painted during his pivotal summer at Bougival, the canvas belongs to the breakthrough year in which Monet and Renoir forged the Impressionist style, and it now hangs in the Smith College Museum of Art.
Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1869.
The Seine at Bougival in the Evening, 1869 by Claude Monet. Twilight River Scene Wall Art Canvas Print.