The Artist's House at Argenteuil (1873): Artwork and History

The Artist's House at Argenteuil (1873) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926).

The work and its context

The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:

Claude Monet and his family lived at Argenteuil, outside Paris, from 1871 to 1878. Here he depicted his five- or six-year-old son, Jean, playing with a hoop and his wife, Camille, standing in the doorway of their vine-covered house. The pleasant weather and neatly kept garden, a forerunner of the artist’s celebrated garden at Giverny, give a sense of tranquility and well-being to this painting. This was a period of financial security for Monet thanks to recent sales of his work to the Paris art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel.

Object facts

• Title: The Artist's House at Argenteuil
• Date: 1873
• Artist attribution: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
• Place of origin: France
• Medium: Oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 60.2 × 73.3 cm (23 11/16 × 28 7/8 in.); Framed: 80.7 × 93.4 × 11.5 cm (31 3/4 × 36 3/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
• Type: Painting
• Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
• Reference number: 1933.1153

Collection credit

Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection

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