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Description: | Signed: yes Description: In 1878 Monet moved to the small village of Vétheuil, on the river Seine, half-way between Paris and Rouen. The Franco-Prussian War had plunged France into an economic depression, and Monet, who had enjoyed a degree of success in the early 1870s, was suffering severe financial difficulties. Monet's stay at Vétheuil can, with hindsight, be seen as crucial in his development as a landscapist. This is one of several views Monet painted of the village from the Ile St Martin, a small island in the middle of the river Seine. Using small, hasty brushstrokes, he strives to capture the fleeting effects of light and movement of the ever-changing scene in front of him. | Subjects: | landscape; everyday life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Monet, Claude (French painter, 1840-1926) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8802... | Go to resource |
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