Anglers on the Seine at Poissy
| Anglers on the Seine at Poissy | |
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| Artist | Claude Monet |
| Year | 1882 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 60 cm × 81 cm (24 in × 32 in) |
| Location | Schloss Belvedere, Vienna |
Anglers on the Seine at Poissy (French: Pêcheurs dans la Seine à Poissy) is an 1882 painting by the French Impressionist Claude Monet. It was acquired in 1942 by the Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna but was later, as part of a reoganisation of their artwork, transferred to its current home in the Schloss Belvedere in the same city.
The work is one of only three images of Poissy, which lies some 25km north-west of Paris, that Monet produced during the two years (December, 1881 to April, 1883) he lived there. With his companion Alice Hoschedé and their combined families, he occupied the capacious Villa Saint Louis overlooking his beloved River Seine, but nevertheless found the town offered him little of interest from an artistic point of view. [1]
References
- ^ Wildenstein, Daniel. Monet. p. 174.
- This article is partly based on the equivalent article in French Wikipedia