CLAUDE MONET - BATHERS AT LA GRENOUILLÈRE

This painting depicts a popular boating and bathing establishment with an adjacent floating café, on the Seine near Bougival to the west of Paris. In the summer of 1869 Monet was living near La Grenouillère with his mistress, Camille, and their son. Working alongside Renoir, he painted sketches of the scene in a very fresh and direct manner, possibly in preparation for a slightly larger canvas, now lost. National Gallery, London ALL RIGHTS RESERVED A series dedicated to history of Art and inspired to sti
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