The Monet family in their garden at Argenteuil

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The Monet family in their garden at Argenteuil: Edouard Manet

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Edouard Manet Oil Painting - The Monet family in their garden at Argenteuil

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Work Overview: The Monet family in their garden at Argenteuil
Edouard Manet
Date: 1874; France *
Style: Impressionism
Genre: genre painting
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 24 x 39 1/4 in. (61 x 99.7 cm)

In July and August 1874 Manet vacationed at his family’s house in Gennevilliers, just across the Seine from Monet at Argenteuil. The two painters saw each other often that summer, and on a number of occasions they were joined by Renoir. While Manet was painting this picture of Monet with his wife Camille and their son Jean, Monet painted Manet at his easel (location unknown). Renoir, who arrived just as Manet was beginning to work, borrowed paint, brushes, and canvas, positioned himself next to Manet, and painted Madame Monet and Her Son (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.).

Manet's special friendship with Monet, and his new desire to paint from nature, came together in the picture The Monet Family in Their Garden. Monet recounted what happened that day in his Argenteuil garden. Renoir appeared, and, attracted by the atmosphere, decided to paint the same subject, Camille Monet and her Son in Their Garden. It is interesting to compare the two works painted that day. We see that, though influenced by his juniors, Manet remained Manet. His painting seems both more carefully thought out and more ambitious than Renoir's, and, though he breaks new ground in his brushstrokes and variety of colours, he remains allusive, lacking the spontaneity shown by Renoir. But then, Renoir was practiced at this kind of painting, whereas Manet was the beginner.

Manet spent much of the summer of 1874 at his family's house in Gennevilliers. Just across the Seine River was Claude Monet, a founder of the Impressionist movement and its most prolific and dedicated practitioner. The two saw each other frequently that summer, sometimes joined by fellow painter Auguste Renoir. From the setting above sprang three paintings. While Manet painted Madame Monet and her son, Monet painted Manet at his easel. Later, Renoir joined the painting party and painted Madame Monet and her son.

In July and August 1874 Manet vacationed at his family’s house in Gennevilliers, just across the Seine from Monet at Argenteuil. The two painters saw each other often that summer, and on a number of occasions they were joined by Renoir. While Manet was painting this picture of Monet with his wife Camille and their son Jean, Monet painted Manet at his easel (location unknown). Renoir, who arrived just as Manet was beginning to work, borrowed paint, brushes, and canvas, positioned himself next to Manet, and painted Madame Monet and Her Son (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.).

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