Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Claude Monet 
(1840 - 1926)
 

Monet and Camille were often in financial straits during this period (1870-1880)—they were unable to pay their hotel bill during the summer of 1870 and likely lived on the outskirts of London as a result of insufficient funds. An inheritance from his father, together with sales of his paintings, did, however, enable them to hire two servants and a gardener by 1872. Following the successful exhibition of some maritime paintings and the winning of a silver medal at Le Havre, Monet's paintings were seized by creditors, from whom they were bought back by a shipping merchant, Gaudibert, who was also a patron of Boudin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monet

Ships Riding on the Seine at Rouen
1872
Lithograph
37.7 x 46 cm 
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
https://www.nga.gov/artworks/52187-ships-riding-seine-rouen

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