Claude Monet 
(1840 - 1926)
 

In 1876, Victor Chocquet made his apartment available to Claude Monet. Located on the fifth floor of a building at 198 rue de Rivoli in Paris, it offers a bird's eye view of the Tuileries Gardens, which inspired four of Monet's paintings. The version in the Musée Marmottan Monet is the most accomplished. It is distinguished by the balance of its composition. The mass of the Marsan pavilion, on the left, and the very high horizon line define the framework devoted to the description of the French-style park. Ponds, flowerbeds, and groves form the poetic setting, completed by the regular layout of the pedestrian walkways and the uninterrupted arrangement of the sculptures. The palette of blond ochres and shades of green, blue, and pink recalls that of On a Walk Near Argenteuil and, more generally, the works of the mid-1870s.

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The Tuileries (Study)
1874
Oil on canvas
54 x 73 cm 
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris
https://www.marmottan.fr/notice/4016/