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The people behind the art
1840 to 1926
Claude Monet was a French painter (1840–1926). Their work is associated with Impressionism. Their recorded places of work include Paris; Argenteuil; Vétheuil; Poissy; Giverny; Honfleur; Trouville, Seine-Maritime; Amsterdam; Oegstgeest; Sassenheim; The Hague; Zaandam; London.
5 artworks in the archive
In the archive
Artist: Claude Monet
A docent-led reading of Claude Monet's 1894 painting of Rouen Cathedral's west façade in sunlight, made during his cathedral series and now in the National Gallery of Art. The account distinguishes what is visible from what is documented.
Artist: Claude Monet
Claude Monet's 1885 painting shows a harvested meadow near Giverny, the village where he lived and worked, with rounded haystacks standing in the middle distance. This short tour separates what is visible in the canvas from what the supplied record documents about the painting and its place in Monet's career.
Artist: Claude Monet
A short gallery tour of Monet's 1885 landscape Field of Poppies, Giverny, looking at how a working poppy field becomes a study in colour, distance and the act of seeing. Each claim is matched to the supplied record, and the limits of that record are stated plainly.
Artist: Claude Monet
A misty harbor at dawn, seen through the hand of Claude Monet in 1872: a small orange sun, its reflection on the water, and the silhouettes of boats and port structures. This docent tour stays close to what the supplied record actually supports.
Artist: Claude Monet
Claude Monet painted the exterior of the Gare Saint-Lazare in 1877, showing a train arriving at the Paris station under sunlight. This short tour looks at what the picture represents and how it belongs to Monet's series of the station. Evidence for the scene and the series comes from the catalogue record for this exact canvas.
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