General introduction: Here you will find on impression of the 18+1hc=19 oil paintings that were shown by Claude Monet at the 2nd ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1876 (catalogue numbers 148-165+hc). I render them in a more thematical order. Sometimes I render 2 or 3 options.
It was great to work on this page. The beauty of these paintings! Around 1876 the impressionist painting style of Monet is becoming mature: Using bright colours; using small, juxtaposed brushstrokes what makes the painting vibrate; using blues for the shades. Monet exhibited 19 paintings, 6 of them depicting Argenteuil, 14km west of Paris, where Monet lived by then. 8 works were loans of the bariton singer Faure, who was an important art-collector for Monet.
Note: If you double click on the first picture and then click on full screen, you can create a slideshow. Enjoy!
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-148, Le petit bras, Argenteuil. Maybe: CR290, 1873, Autumn effect at Argenteuil, 55×75, Courtauld London ((c)M60,H.H.19;R22+R127,CR290;R90I,p83;R2,p163).
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-158, Effet d’automne. Probably: 1873, CR291, Autumn on the Seine at Argenteuil, 54×73, HMA Atlanta (M150,no.2000.205;R2,p162;R90II,p57;R22+R127,CR291)
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-149, La Seine à Argenteuil. Probably: CR373, 1875, The Seine at Argenteuil, 60×80, FAM San Francisco (iR2;R2,p179;R90II,p56;R22+R127,CR373;M30-2,no.28.77) = Solo-1883-13.
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-157, La Berge d’Argenteuil. Maybe?: 1872, CR225, (Le Bassin) The port at Argenteuil, 60×81, Orsay (iR51;R90II,p41;R22+R127,CR225;M1,RF2010)
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-150, Le chemin d’Epinay, effet de neige. Option of 2: 1875, CR389, The Lane in Epinay, snow effect, 60×105, AKAG Buffalo (iR51;R2,p162;R90II,p56;R22+R127,CR389;M34,no.19.8)
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-150, Le chemin d’Epinay, effet de neige. Option 1 of 2: 1875, CR388, The lane in epinay, snow effect, 61×100, private (iR6;R22+R127,CR388;R2,p163;R90II,p40)
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-151, La plage à Sainte-Adresse = CR92, 1867, The beach at Sainte-Adresse, 75×101, AI Chicago (iR2;R2,p180;R90II,p57;R22+R127,CR92;M20,no.33.439)
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-154, La prairie = CR341, 1874, Meadow at Bezons, 57×80, NG Berlin (iR2;R2,p153;R90II,p57;R22+R127,CR341;M52,no1146/AI1013) = HD1875/03/24
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-152, Le pont de chemin de fer (Argenteuil). Probably: CR279, 1873, The railway bridge at Argenteuil, 60x99cm, private (iR2;R2,p162;R90II57;R22+R127,CR279)
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-156, Le Pont d’Argenteuil (app. à M. Faure) = CR311, 1874, The Bridge at Argenteuil, 60×80, Orsay (iR2;R2,p152;R90II,p57;R22+R127,CR311;M1,RF1937-41) = XX1886-5 =EU-C-1900-490
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.
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-160, Les bateaux d’Argenteuil. Option out of two: 1875, CR369, Red boats, Argenteuil, 60×81, FAM Cambridge (iR51;R2,p163;R90II,p58;R22+R127,CR369;M32,no1951.54)
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-159, Les Dahlias. Probably: 1875, CR383, Young Girls in a bed of Dahlias, 54×66, NG Prague (iR3;R2,p163;R90II,p58;R22+R127,CR383;M140,no3196)
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-159, Les Dahlias. Maybe?: CR286, 1873, Monet’s Garden at Argenteuil (The Dahlias), 61×83, NGA Washington (iR10;iR6;R22+R127,CR286;M21,no1991.27.1)
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
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-164 = S1870-R2. Probably: CR136, 1869/09, La Grenouillère, xx, destroyed WWII (iR10;iR135;R22+R127,CR136)
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-164, Les bains de la Grenouillière =S1870-R2. Compare: CR135, 1869, Bathers at La Grenouillère, 73×92, NG London (iRx;R22+R127,CR136;M61,no6456)
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-164, Les bains de la Grenouillère =S1870-R2. Compare: 1869/09, CR134, La Grenouillère, 75×100, Metropolitan (M23,no.29.100.112;iR5;R2,p163;R90II,p59;R22+R127,CR134)
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-165, Bateaux de pêche (etude). Maybe?: 1866, CR76, fishing boats (study), 45×55, private (iR2;R22+R127,CR76)
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-165, Bateaux de pêche (etude). Maybe??: 1872, CR227, Boats moored at Le Petit-Gennevilliers, 54×65, FAM San Francisco (iR51;R22+R127,CR227;M30-2,no.1962.23)
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-163, Le printemps = CR201, 1872, Apple trees in blossom, 58×70, ULCC Chicago (iR2;R2,p163;R90II,p58;R22+R127,no201)
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-165+hc, Springtime = CR205, 1872, The reader (figure en rose), 50×65, WAG Baltimore (iR2;R2,p163;R90II,p59;R90I,p113;R22+R127,CR205;B48,no.37.11) Provenance: !?1872/11/23, Durand-Ruel; 1873/04/28, Ernest Hoschedé; sale HD1878/06/05+06-54; Lussac; 1889ca Mary Cassatt.
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-153, Japonnerie = 1876, CR387, Camille Monet in Japanese costume, 232×142, MFA Boston (iR2;R2,p144;R90II,p557;R22+R127,CR387;M22,no.56.147)
Claude Monet, 2IE-1876-161, La promenade = 1875, CR381, The walk (Woman with a parasol), 100×81, NGA Washington (iR2;R2,p181;R90II,p58;R22+R127,CR381;M21,no1983.1.29)
Sources:
For an account of my suggestions (with references, info, locations on Google-maps and discussion) see here. My main sources are Moffett (=R2), Berson (R90) and Wildenstein (R22). Often the indentification of a painting is ‘uncertain’. Sometimes to ‘compare’ another picture is given that is (probably) similar to the painting that was exhibited. For explanation of the subscriptions, see here. My main sources for the pictures are the-athenaeum.org (=iR2) and art-monet.com (=iR51). For the other sources look at the bottom of the main page of Claude Monet.
Recommanded citation: “Monet, an impression of his paintings exhibited at the 2nd ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1876” Last modified 2021/04/22. https://www.impressionism.nl/monet-1876-expo/.
