The Studio Boat (Le Bateau-atelier)
1876 painting by Claude Monet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Studio Boat (Le Bateau-atelier) is a painting from 1876 by the French Impressionist Claude Monet. The work depicts Monet at work in his studio boat on the Seine in Argentueil.[1] It was executed en plein air in oil on canvas. It currently is in the collection of the Barnes Foundation of Philadelphia.[2]
The Studio Boat (Le Bateau-atelier) | |
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Year | 1876 |
Medium | oil paint, canvas |
Dimensions | 72.7 cm (28.6 in) × 60 cm (24 in) |
Location | Barnes Foundation |
Accession No. | BF730 |
Monet bought the boat around 1873 soon after moving to Argenteuil. He described the boat as "a cabin made out of planks were I had just enough room to set up my easel."[1] Monet most likely modeled his studio boat on the studio boat used by his friend and contemporary Charles François Daubigny.[2] The floating studio enabled Monet to paint views from the Seine that would otherwise be inaccessible, beginning with a series of paintings of the sailing boats at Petit-Gennevilliers.[3]
Monet lived near the Seine throughout his life and painted his studio boat on several occasions, both at Argenteuil and at Giverny, where he later lived. He was also pictured by his friend Édouard Manet working on the boat in 1874 in the company of his wife Camille.