Monet Family in the Garden at Argenteuil

Date: 1874

The painting depicts a rural scene of a woman dressed in white resting on the grass next to a small child dressed in blue. They look peaceful and relaxed in the shade of a tree surrounded by flowers. In the left part of the painting is a man dressed in work clothes, bending down to the ground, presumably feeding or tending a hen and chickens. In the background are trees and hints of green vegetation.

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Manet painted picture Monet Family in the Garden at Argenteuil in 1874. Prevailing color of this fine art print is green and its shape is long. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Édouard Manet (1832-1883). French Impressionist painter. He perhaps had the misfortune of starting at a time when the pendulum of history was deviating from traditional academic painting and Impressionism: for his generational peers, he was too progressive and for young painters, he was too traditional. Manet had an innovative spirit that, during his study of old masters (such as Diego Velázquez), he complemented with an excellent painting technique. From the Impressionists, he took a penchant for displaying reality using long expressive brush strokes, studying objects in the open air, and concentrating on working with light and colour. Unlike the Impressionists, however, he did not give up black colours, contours and classical composition. In fact, he did not even want to be associated with the Impressionists – he wanted his paintings to be included independently in Salon exhibitions and avoided the label of Impressionism.