Shop art print and framed art Le pont du chemin de fer à Argenteuil (Val d'Oise) by Claude Monet

Le Pont d'Argenteuil (The Bridge at Argenteuil) was painted by Claude Monet in 1874 and presented to the public at the second Impressionist exhibition in 1876. Oil on canvas, 60 by 80 cm, signed and dated lower right: Claude Monet 74. The painting depicts the banks of the Seine at the foot of the Argenteuil road bridge, linking Gennevilliers to Argenteuil, as seen from the Quai du Petit-Gennevilliers. On the water, in the foreground, a catboat and two clippers from Argenteuil, pleasure sailing boats, at anchor near the pontoon of the Cercle de la Voile de Paris (C.V.P.). Between 1850 and 1893, this stretch of the Seine between the Pont d'Argenteuil and the Pont de Bezons was the Mecca of sailing in the Paris region, known as the Bassin d'Argenteuil. Regattas organised during the Universal Exhibitions of 1867, 1878 and 1889 were held on this site. "On the right of the picture, the Argenteuil toll road bridge, built in 1822, was destroyed during the 1870 war and rebuilt in 1871. When the work began, a temporary wooden footbridge, pictured by Claude Monet and Alfred Sisley in 1872, replaced the old bridge. In the painting, the arches of the new bridge can be seen, with the two towers of the toll plaza in the background. To the left, the trees are the elms of the Quinconces d'Argenteuil, a wooded area between the Seine and the Quai de Seine that would become the Boulevard Héloïse. The big house in the middle of the trees is a hotel-restaurant." On the night of 6 October 2007 to [...]

 

This artwork is a painting from the modern period. It belongs to the impressionism style.

 

« Le pont du chemin de fer à Argenteuil (Val d'Oise) » is kept at Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France.

 

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