Claude Monet Painting on His Boat-Studio in Argenteuil
by MANET, Edouard, Oil on canvas, 83 x 105 cm
Manet set up his easel in the open air to paint Claude Monet in his floating studio. Monet, now living in Argenteuil, had bought his studio-boat second-hand so that he could spend entire days out painting on the water, accompanied by his wife.
The three paintings, Argenteuil, Monet Painting on His Boat-Studio, and Boating, a veritable triptych, proved that Manet had entered the Impressionist ranks. He did so under Monet’s auspices and Monet’s influence. These three pictures share intense blue water, and a bold horizon-less composition.