Festival at Argenteuil (La Fête d’Argenteuil), 1872 by Claude Monet

Festival at Argenteuil (La Fête d’Argenteuil), painted by Claude Monet in 1872 plunges into the bustle of a village fête, where a dense crowd gathers on the green beneath tall chestnut trees. Fairground booths draped in red, white and blue bunting line the right of the scene, while a child in a white bonnet wanders across the sunlit grass in the foreground. Painted during Monet’s first year at Argenteuil and often reproduced under the title The Fourteenth of July, the canvas captures the festive spirit of the riverside town where Impressionism took shape.

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

Festival at Argenteuil (La Fête d’Argenteuil), 1872 by Claude Monet. French Village Festival Wall Art Canvas Print.