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Le Pont d`Argenteuil (El Puente de Argenteuil), by Claude Monet, oil, 1875

Le Pont d`Argenteuil (El Puente de Argenteuil)

Claude Monet

1875

oil

canvas

From the collection of National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina

Dominant colour

Overview

Le Pont d`Argenteuil (El Puente de Argenteuil) is a 1875 oil by Claude Monet, a Impressionism work, held at National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina.

Who painted this?
Claude Monet
When & what style?
1875 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?
National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina

About this work

This painting shows a landscape with a bridge and a train in the distance. The foreground is filled with tall grasses and trees, while the background features a bridge with a train crossing it, emitting smoke. The sky above is a soft blue. In the foreground, the grasses and trees are depicted in shades of green and brown, with some white highlights. The bridge in the background is a dark gray, and the train is a darker gray with a plume of white smoke. The sky above is a light blue with some white clouds. This painting is held at the National Museum of Fine Arts Buenos Aires. Next, look up the artist Claude Monet.

About the artist

Portrait of Claude Monet
Artist

Claude Monet

Oscar-Claude Monet was born in Paris on November 14, 1840, and raised from the age of five in Le Havre, where he began selling charcoal caricatures as a teenager.

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