Detail of Boulevard Saint-Denis, Argenteuil in Winter by Monet in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, June 2010

Boulevard Saint-Denis, Argenteuil, in Winter
1875
Claude Monet, French, 1840–1926

Dimensions: 60.9 x 81.6 cm (24 x 32 1/8 in.)

Medium or Technique: Oil on canvas

Classification: Paintings
Type: Landscape

Catalogue Raisonné: Wildenstein 1996, no. 357a

Accession Number: 1978.633

The Impressionist interest in specific effects of light and weather is evident in Monet's rendering of the exact moment in which the sun struggles to break through a light snowfall. He made a preparatory sketch for this painting; clearly, careful deliberation lay behind his seemingly spontaneous technique. The subject of falling snow and the figures with umbrellas are reminiscent of Japanese woodblock prints, which had a strong influence on Impressionist artists.

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