Sailboats in Argenteuil

The image depicts a maritime scene with several sailing ships on a rippling body of water, reflecting the golden-orange hues of a likely sunset. Outlines of buildings, possibly part of a port city, and dark silhouettes of trees are visible on the horizon. This painting style, with its emphasis on light and colour, suggests that this is a work from the Impressionist period. The signature in the lower right corner indicates that the artist is Claude Monet.

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Prevailing color of this fine art print is yellow and its shape is landscape.

Claude Oscar Monet (1840-1926). A native Parisian, who thoroughly developed the idea of Impressionism. Monet almost scientifically studied the effect of light on different objects. He devoted himself to so called transitory states, which quickly led him to work with colour and light, his paintings acting on the viewer from the first impression. His use of open-air painting and objects which were special only because of light opened the way for the beginnings of modern painting. Monet’s Impression, Sunrise (1874) not only gave the name to the whole art movement, but secured Monet a place among the best painters of all times. At one time, he resided in London and created his famous study Houses of Parliament (Monet wondered, How could the English painters paint Parliament when it cannot be seen for the fog?). In the Giverny, which became his favourite retreat after the death of his wife, he painted motifs from his garden and the popular series Water Lilies - the world of the water was as poetic and mysterious as a primordial paradise.