Introduction: Argenteuil is a small village 11km west of Paris at the right / north bank of the Seine. At the opposite bank lies Petit-Gennevilliers (now part of Gennevilliers). End December 1871 Claude Monet came to live in Argenteuil. First somewhere on the corner of Rue Pierre Guienne and the Boulevard Saint-Denis (R22,no284;iR9). 1874/10/01 Monet moved to 5, Boulevard Saint-Denis (now: 21, Boulevard Karl-Marx, Argenteuil) (R22,CR406). Manet, Renoir and Sisley often came over and painted here. It’s nice to compare their paintings. Early 1878 Monet left again for Vétheuil. Around 1880/1882 Gustave Caillebotte bought a house in Petit-Gennevilliers and also depicted Argenteuil (R102,p9+14+49). Earlier he had come to Argenteuil to see the (sailing) regattas. Renoir would return in the 1880s and painted again in Argenteuil.
The house and garden of Monet’s first house by Monet and Renoir: x
Claude Monet: 1873, Sbr, CR284, The artist’s house at Argenteuil, 60x73cm, AI Chicago (iR2;R22,no284;M20) Provenance: Durand-Ruel (alternating with other owners). Expos: DR1883-hc; Boston-1883-11; London-DG-1884.
Claude Monet: 1873, Sbl, CR287, Camille Monet at the window, Argenteuil, 60×50, VMFA Richmond (iR2;R22,no287;M220)
Claude Monet: 2IE-1876-162, Panneau décoratif = 1873, CR285, Le Déjeuner, (Monet’s garden in Argenteuil), 162×203, Orsay (iRx;R2,p163;R90II,p58;R22+R127,CR285;M1,RF2774) =1894, Caillebotte bequest. Expo: Geneva-1918-105.
Auguste Renoir: 1873, Sbl, 1F160, Monet painting in his garden (in Argenteuil), 61×50, WA Hartford (iR51;M162;R31,no23;R108,no131;R30+R193,no160;R190,no156;R1,p285) Provenance: Decap; HD1896/04/17-87 -> Durand-Ruel (800fr); Georges Feydeau; sale 1902/06/14-17 -> Durand-Ruel (4.700fr); Expo: London-GG-1905-258; DR1910-36; DR1916/06-29.
Claude Monet: 2IE-1876-159, Les Dahlias =? CR286, 1873, Monet’s Garden at Argenteuil (The Dahlias), 61×83, NGA Washington (iR10;iR6;R22+R127,CR286;M21,no1991.27.1) Provenance: Durand-Ruel (1873/12). Expo: =DR-1899-2; London-Grafton-1905-149.
Claude Monet: 1872, CR202, SDbr, The garden, 64×81, private (iR51;R22,no202) Provenance: 1872 Durand-Ruel (Lilas en fleurs); 1877/01 Hoschedé; HD1878/06/05-52. Expos: New York-1895-34; Boston-1895-21.
Claude Monet: 1873, CR204, SDbl, Lilacs in the sun, 50×65, Pushkin (iR10;R2,p205;R22+R127,CR204;M96,no.3311) Provenance: 1873/02 Durand-Ruel. Expos: =?? 3IE-1877-113; =DR1899-3.
The Monet family by Monet, Manet and Renoir: Made in the summer of 1874 in the garden of the first house of Monet in Argenteuil.
Édouard Manet (1832-1883): 1874, RW227, The Monet family in the garden, 61x100cm, Metropolitan (iR2;R231,no160;R120,no227;R262,no174;R31,p205;R460,p152;M23) =EU-C-1900-451, Portraits en plein air (à M. Pellerin).
Auguste Renoir: 1874, 1CR104, Camille and Jean Monet in the garden at Argenteuil, 51×68, NGA Washington (M21;iR6;;R108,no104;R30,no123;R190,no118;R185,no248;R31,no30;R2,p164) Provenance: Monet. Expo: =?? 2IE-1876-209, Femme et enfant.
Interieur of Monet’s second house: Monet and Renoir depicted the interiour of the second house of Monet in Argenteuil.
Auguste Renoir: 2IE-1876-220, Portrait de M. M., appartenant à M. Dollfus =!? 1875, CR132, Portrait of Claude Monet, 84×60, Orsay (iR152;R90II,p44+63;R2,p164+185;R108,no132;R30,no163;M1)
Claude Monet: 1875, SDbr, CR366, Camille embroidering, 65×55, Barnes Merion (iR2;iR40;R22=R127,no366;R194,p97;M25,no197) Provenance: HD1875/03/24-12, La femme au métier (65×55) -> Debrousse (290fr).
Claude Monet: 3IE-1877-115, Intérieur d’appartement; appartient à M.G.C. = CR365, 1875, SDbl, A corner of the appartement, 80×60, Orsay (iR2;iR40;R22=R127,no365;R2,p228;R90II,p96;M1,RF2776) Provenance: HD1875/03/24-14, un coin d’appartement (81x60cm) -> bought back by Monet for 325fr; 1876 Caillebotte; 1894 bequest -> 1896 Musée du Luxembourg. Expos: =GP-6EIPS-1887-72; =? DR-1899-4;
The garden of Monet’s second house: x
Claude Monet: 1875, SDbl, CR382, Camille Monet and a child in the artist’s garden in Argenteuil,
55x65cm, MFA Boston (iR2;R22,no382;M22)
Claude Monet: 1875, SDbr, CR385, Woman with a parasol in the garden in Argenteuil, 75×100, private (iR10;iR64;R22,no385) Provenance: Caillebotte (1876/04); Bongniat.
Claude Monet: 2IE-1876-159, Les Dahlias =!? 1875, Sbr, CR383, Young girls in a bed of dahlias, 54×66, NG Prague (iR3;iR8;R2,p163;R90II,p58;R22+R127,CR383;M140,no3196) Provenance: Hoschedé (1877/03?), sale HD1878/06/05-56 (62fr); Chocquet, sale GP1899/07/01-82.
Monet lived near the trainstation:
CR357a depicts the pathway running down from the railway embankment towards the Boulevard Saint-Denis (R22,no357a).
Claude Monet: 4IE-1879-165, Paysage d’hiver, appartient à M. de Bellio =!? 1875, SDbr, CR356, The train engine in the snow, 59×78, Marmottan (iR59;iR51;R90II,p136;R2,p269;R22+R127,CR356;M2,no4017) Provenance: 1876/11 Dr. de Bellio. Expos: DR1883-11; GP1889-26.
Claude Monet: 1875, SDbr, CR357a, Boulevard Saint-Denis, snow effect, 66×81, MFA Boston (iR51;R22,no357a;M22) Expo: Boston-1892-3
Surroundings of the first house, the duck pond: Monet and Renoir both depicted the duck pond. Probably near to where Monet lived.
Claude Monet: 1873, Sbr, CR289, Duck pond in autumn, 54×65, private (iR2;R22,no289) Provenance: 1873/12 Durand-Ruel. Expo: DR1883-35; New York-AAG+NAD-1886-135.
Auguste Renoir: 1873, Sbl, The Duck Pond (in Argenteuil), 50×62, private (iR2;R460,no20) Provenance: 1891 Durand-Ruel
Auguste Renoir: 1873, Sbl, The duck pond, 50×62, Dallas MA (M36;iR6;R30,no101;R190,no97;R360,no21) Provenance: 1891 Durand-Ruel.
Streets in Argenteuil: Monet and Sisley depicted streets in Argenteuil. They depicted the former Rue de la Chaussée (now Rue du 8 mai 1945) looking towards the basilica and the Rue des Saints-Pères. They also depicted the Boulevard Héloïse, with the wooded promenade to the left. Monet also depicted this promenade (CR346) and a feast that was held at the north end of it, held between Ascension Day and Pentecoast in front of the former townhall (R22,no241; iR9). Sisley also depicted the Grande Rue (now: Rue Paul Vaillant-Couturier; iR4) with a view on the Basilique Saint-Denys (iR4) (the version of Monet is only available in black and white; R22,no344;iR64).
Claude Monet: 1872, Sbr, CR239, Argenteuil, the old rue de la Chaussee, 55×73, private (iR2;R22,no239).
Alfred Sisley: 1872, SDbr, CR31=CCPP25, Argenteuil, Rue de la Chaussée, 47×66, Orsay (iR2;R129,no31;R396,no25;M1) Provenance: 1895 Durand-Ruel; Depeaux; sale GP1906/06/01-70, Une rue, à Marly; Moreau-Nélaton.
Claude Monet: 1872, Sbr, CR247, The Boulevard Héloïse at Argenteuil, 35×59, YUAG New Haven (iR2;R22,no247;M33) Provenance: ?1873/04 Dubourg.
Alfred Sisley: 1872, SDbl, CR44=CCPP26, Boulevard Héloïse, Argenteuil, 40×60, NGA Washington (iR2;R129,no44;R396,no26;R1,p288;M21) Provenance: 1890/04/29 Durand-ruel; 1892/03/17 Tavernier; sale GP1900/03/06-74. Expo: =GP1899-64; GP1917-71.
Claude Monet: 1874, CR346, Sbl, The Promenade at Argenteuil, soleil couchant, 60×81, private (iR51;R22) Provenance: 1891ca Durand-Ruel. Expo: DR1908-12.
Claude Monet: 1872, CR241, Sbr, Festival at Argenteuil, 60×81, private (iR51;R22) Provenance: Rouart; sale MJ1912/12/09-256
Alfred Sisley: 1872ca, Sbl, CR269 (1877ca, Une rue à Sèvres) =CCPP23, La Grande Rue, Argenteuil, 65×46, CMAG Norwich (iR2;R129,no269;R396,no23) Provenance: Dubourg; sale HD1903/11/24-24; Georges Petit.
Winter in Argenteuil: Monet made many snow scenes in Argenteuil. Namely in the winter of 1874/75. Renoir also made one. The locations are not always clear. CR350 +316 +361 depict a piece of land where once the Bicheret stream flowed and which is now completely build over.
Auguste Renoir: 1875ca, Sbr, Landscape with snow (in Argenteuil), 51×66, Orangerie (iR2;R190,no142;R360,no35;R31,no33;M3)
Claude Monet: 1875, Sbr, CR361, White frost, 55×73, private (iR2;R22,no361). Provenance: ?1876 De Nittis; Paul Bérard; GP1905/05/08-9.
Claude Monet: 4IE-1879-160, La mare, effet de neige, appartient à M. Durand Ruel =CR350, 1874-75, Sbl, The pond, snow effect, 60×81, MB Potsdam (iR10;iR64;iR15;iR8;R90II,p136;R2,p269;R22=R127,no350;R88II,p452;M268). Provenance: HD1875/03/24-15, La mare (effet de neige; 60×81) -> Durand-Ruel (250fr); 1893 Henri Vever, sale GP1897/02/01-85.
Claude Monet: 1875, SDbr, CR353, Winter effect at Argenteuil, 59×80, private (iR10;iR64;R22,no353) Provenance: 1875/01 Rouart; MJ1912/12/09-254 (R45,p105+32+++). Expo: =11LE-1904-353
Boats on the Seine: Monet often depicted the Seine in Argenteuil. Sometimes from his boat, sometimes from the right (Argenteuil) bank, sometimes from the Petit-Gennevilliers bank (looking towards Argenteuil). The same did Renoir, Sisley and Manet.
Claude Monet: 1874, Sbl, CR323, The studio boat, 50×64, KMM Otterlo (iR2;iR51;R22,no323;M72). Provenance: 1876 Dr. de Bellio.
Edouard Manet (1832-83): 1874, RW219, Claude Monet painting in his studio boat, 80×98, NP Munich (iR10;iR6;iR2;R262,no174;R213,no161+193;R120,no219;M53) =LVM-1880-5; =GP1899/07/03 Chocquet sale
Claude Monet: 1874, Sbl, CR324, Boaters at Argenteuil, 60×81, private (iR2;R22,no324;R460,p144;R31,p205) Provenance: 1875ca Durand-Ruel. Expo: DR1883-12; DR1908-16.
Auguste Renoir: 1874, Sbr, 1F98, Sailing boats at the Seine, Argenteuil, 50×65, Portland MA (Oregan) (iR10;iR6;iR40;R31,no29;R460,no23;R30,no98;R190,no94;R88II,p451) Provenance: HD1875/03/24-38, Bateau (Argenteuil; 50×65) -> Durand-Ruel (105fr) (till 1926). Expo: DR1908/05.
Claude Monet: 1874, SDbl, CR340, Regatta at Argenteuil, 59×99, private (iR2;R22,no340)
Auguste Renoir: 1874ca, S-, Regatta at Argenteuil, 32×46, NGA Washington (iR2;R30,no119;R190,no114;R185,no128;R1,p348;R460,no24;M21) Provenance: Monet.
Claude Monet: 3IE-1877-103, La maison du passeur à Argenteuil = CR329 = destroyed ca1950. Compare: 1874, CR325, Le Bassin d’Argenteuil, 55×74, Rhode Island SD (iRx;R22+R127,CR325;M152,no42.219) =11LE-1904-93
Auguste Renoir: 1873, Boating at Argenteuil, 61×50, private (iRx;R30,no97)
Édouard Manet (1832-1883): 1874, The Seine at Argenteuil, 62×103, Courtald London (iR2;R231=iR40;R262,no172;R71,no197A;M60) =EU-C-1900-445, Argenteuil (à M. Pellerin)
Édouard Manet (1832-83): 1874, RW222, Sailing boats at the banks of the Seine (study; View on Argenteuil), 59×81, NMW Cardiff (iR10;iR173;iR2;iR6;R262,no173;R71,no197B;R120,no222;M64)
Édouard Manet (1832-1883): 1874, RW223, Boating (En Bateau), 97×130, Metropolitan (iR2;iR1;aR1;R231=iR40;R71,no196;R213,no163;R120,no223;M23) =S1879-2011; =ENBA-1884-76; =EU-C-1889-498
Édouard Manet (1832-1883): 1874, RW221, Argenteuil, 149×115, Tournai MBA (iR2;iR1;aR1;R231=iR40;R19;R213,no162;R262,no171;R120,no221;M248) =S1875-1412; =ENBA-1884-75; =EU-C-1889-490 (app. à M. E. May)
Caillebotte depicting Argenteuil: Somewhere between 1880 and 1882 Gustave Caillebotte acquired a house in Petit-Gennevilliers on the Quai du Petit-Gennevilliers (former number 77, now a factory terrain); his garden reached the Seine (R102,p9+14+49). So, on the other bank of the Seine. Caillebotte would paint many sailing boats on the Seine in the surroundings of nearby Argenteuil (R102,CR213vv;R41,p31); he would paint the scenes Monet did before, when he lived in Argenteuil from 1871-78. To compare I render some works.
Gustave Caillebotte: 1883, SDbl, 1CR255=2CR277, The Seine at Argenteuil, boats at anchor, 60×73, A2010/06/23 (iR6;iR15;iR11;R102,no277;R101,no255) Gift to Renoir.
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-155, Le petit Genevilliers. Maybe?: 1875, CR368, Yachts at Argenteuil, 54×65, Cologne Gallery Abels (iR51;R2,p163;R90II,p58;R22+R127,CR368). Also option for no.160.
Gustave Caillebotte: 1885-87ca, 1CR328=2CR333, Sbl, The Seine and the railway bridge at Argenteuil, 116×155, Brooklyn M (iR2;R102,no333;R101,no328)
Claude Monet: 1874ca, Sbr, CR319, The Railway bridge at Argenteuil, 55×72, Orsay (M1;iR2;R22,no319) Provenance: 1875/10 Blémont; 1886 Mme Alphonse Moreau; Moreau-Nélaton.
Gustave Caillebotte: 1885, Sbr, 1CR310=2CR334, The Argenteuil bridge and the Seine, 65×82, Josefowitz coll Lausanne (iR2;iR11;R17,p155;R41,p17;R3,p244;R101,no310;R102,no334) Expos: compare: 7IE-1882-17+hc1, La Samaritaine; =DR1894-21. Provenance: 1885ca Eugène Lamy; 1894 Decap.
Claude Monet: 1874, SDbr, CR313, The bridge at Argenteuil, 58×80, NP Munich (iRx;R22=R127,no313;R231-1;M53) Provenance: 1900ca Auguste Pellerin; Expos: EU-1900-C-482, Le Pont d’Argenteuil (appartient à M. Pellerin); Berlin-PC-1910-175; Stuttgart-1913-310.
Along the Seine downstream: We now will make a trip along the Seine. Starting a bit north of Argenteuil and than going downstream.
(Note: Additonal info and pictures will follow.)
Claude Monet: 2IE-1876-150, Le chemin d’Epinay, effet de neige. Option 2 of 2: 1875, Sbr, CR388, The lane in epinay, snow effect, 61×100, A2015/05/05 (iR6;iR14;R22+R127,CR388;R2,p163;R90II,p40) Provenance: =? Monet sale HD1876/04/14-38; 1917ca Goiran.
Claude Monet: 1874ca, Sbr, CR318, Railway bridge at Argenteuil, 54×73, Philadelphia MA (iR51;R22,no318M28) Provenance: 1873/12 Durand-Ruel; 1883 Georges Petit; 1887 Johnson.
Along the Seine upstream:
Alfred Sisley: 1876, SDbr, CR226 (Bougival)=CCPP208, Banks of the Seine at Argenteuil, 38×55, A2002/11/06 (iR10;iR485;iR2;R129,no226;R396,no208) Provenance: Mll. E. Gérin. Expos: =!? GP1897-118, Bords de la Seine, 1874 (sic?), appartient à M. (sic?) Gérin; GP1917-10.
View on the right bank including the church tower:
Claude Monet: 1874ca, Sbl, CR328, Sunset on the Seine, 49×65, MA Philadelphia (iR51;R22,CR328;M28) Provenance: =HD1875/03/24, no.1 (bought back 255fr) or no.13 (bought by Dallot 190fr); 1881ca Durand-Ruel; 1883 Cassatt. Expo: =New York-NAD-1886-300.
Sources:
My main sources are Wildenstein (R22); Berhaut (R102).
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Recommanded citation: “Impressionism, locations where the ‘impressionists’ did paint: Argenteuil. Last modified 2025/04/01. https://www.impressionism.nl/argenteuil/”
