Detail of Vetheuil in Summer by Monet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2009

Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

Title: Vétheuil in Summer

Date: 1880

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 23 5/8 x 39 1/4 in. (60 x 99.7 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Bequest of William Church Osborn, 1951

Accession Number: 51.30.3


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In this view of Vétheuil, seen from the opposite bank of the Seine, the flicker of individual brushstrokes reflects Monet's concern with recording sensations of color and light as accurately as possible. Ironically, this practice resulted in paintings of an increasingly abstract nature. Indeed, the imagery nearly dissolves in the myriad touches of paint.

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