Intro: On this page you will an overview of the extended trips that Claude Monet made. Note: additional info and pictures will be added.
1870/71, London:
After his marriage in Trouville Monet flew with Camille to London, due to the French-Prussian war.
Monet painted the following works in London: CR163-169 (iR3+iR182).
Claude Monet: 1871, CR166, The Thames below Westminster, 47×73, NG London (iR51;iR2;R22,no166;M61) Provenance: Durand-Ruel (1872/11); Hoschedé; HD1878/06/05-49 (250fr); Faure; Durand-ruel (1907). Expos: =London-6SFA-1873-114; =GP1889-MR-12; =DR1906/03-5; =Saint-Petersbourg-1912-C-438.
1871, The Thames below Westminster, 47x73cm, NG London
Claude Monet: 1871, CR165, Green Park in London, 34×72, Philadelphia MA (iR51;R22,no165;M28) Provenance: Durand-Ruel (1872/05); Alexander J. Cassatt. =London-5SFA-1872-131
Claude Monet: 1871, CR163, Meditation, Mme Monet sitting on a sofa, 48×75, Orsay (iRx;R22IV,p1016+CR163;M1) Provenance: Durand-Ruel (1873); de Montbélird (1889); Chocquet; GP1899/07/01-78. Expos: =South-Kensington-1871-1273, Repose (lent by Durand-Ruel); =Rouen-1872-163 (lent by Durand-Ruel?)
1871, Zaandam:
After his stay in London Monet went to Zaandam in Holland.
Monet painted the following works in Zaandam: CR170-192 and also CR138+138a (iR3+iR182).
Claude Monet: 4IE-1879-138, Habitation bourgeoise, à Zaandam (Hollande) =1871, CR184, The Blue House at Zaandam, 45×61, private (iR2;R2+R127,CR184;R2,p268;R90II,p132) Provenance: Durand-Ruel (1872/04); Hoschedé (1873/04); HD1874/01/13-45 (405fr); Baudry. Expos: DR1883-hc; London-GG-1905-9; GP1924-43.
1871, Zaandam, houses on the Zaan, 48x74cm, Frankfurt
Claude Monet, 1871, CR190, The Dam at Zaandam, Evening, 45×73, private (iR2;R22,no190). Probably bought by Latouche in 1872.
Claude Monet: 1871, CR172, The Zaan at Zaandam, 42×73, private (iR4;iRx;R22,CR172) =DR-solo-1883-8; =GP1889-13; provenance: Durand-Ruel (1872/05); HD1873/01/18-45; Daubigny 1873/01; sale 1878/05 (50fr) -> Duret; GP1894/03/19-27; Durand-Ruel; Edmond Decap; HD1901/04/15-17
Claude Monet: 1871, Sbl, CR183, Zaandam, 47×73, Orsay (iR5;iR10;R22+R127,no183;R231-1) Provenance: =!? 1872/09 Durand-Ruel; Goupy; sale HD1898/03/30-23; 1900ca Moreau-Nélaton. Expo: EU-1900-C477, Canal en Hollande, appartient à M. Moreau-Nélaton.
1874, Amsterdam:
In 1874 Monet returned to Holland. This time he went to the capital Amsterdam.
Monet painted the following works in Amsterdam: CR298-309 (iR3+iR182).
Montgeron:
In 1876 Monet was invited to stay at the Château de Rottembourg, the estate of Alice and Ernest Hoschedé in Montgeron.
Monet would spent a long period here, at least from September up to November (R22I,p123-125).
Monet made in commission four decorative panels (R22,CR416+418+420+433), partly exhibited at the 3rd ‘impressionist’ exposition (3IE-1877-101 + 112). He made more works in this period: of the garden and the pond (CR417 +419); of Germaine (CR434). And also of the surroudings: of the surroundings woods where hunts took place (CR431-433), of the railroad track (CR421), of the river Yerres (CR423-425) and of a house in Yerres (CR422). Probably Monet did meet Gustvave Caillebotte, who lived (namely the summers) nearby in Yerres (a 3,5km walk; iR9). Somewhere during that autumn Monet stayed with his family and made some pictures in the surroundings of Argenteuil (CR426-430).
See also the page on Ernest Hoschedé.
Monet painted the following works in Montgeron and its surroundings: CR416-425 + 430-434 (iR3+iR182).
Claude Monet: 3IE-1877-101, Les dindons (décoration non terminée), appartient à M. H. = CR416, 1877, Turkeys (at the Château de Rottembourg at Montgeron), 172×175, Orsay (M1,RF1944.18;iR2;R2,p225;R90II,p94;R22+R127,CR416) =GP1889-31; =17LE-1910-147; Provenance: Hoschedé (1 of 4 decorative panels); de Nittis (1878?); Duret (1884); =GP1894/03/13-24; Depeaux (1903ca); =GP1906/06/01-27
Claude Monet: 3IE-1877-93, Les Dahlias, Montgeron, appartient à M H… =? 1876, CR417, The Rose bushes in the Garden at Montgeron, 60×81, MB Potsdam (iR2;iR8;R22+R127,CR417;R90II,p93;R2,p205). Provenance: Hoschedé (1876/12), sale HD1878/06/05-58 (130fr), Faure.
1881, Fécamp and surroundings:
In the Spring of 1881 Monet stayed in Fécamp and nearby Grainval and Les Petites-Dalles.
Monet painted the following works in Fécamp and nearby Grainval and Les Petites-Dalles: CR644-665b (iR3+iR182). Note: September 1880 Monet stayed a short time in Les Petites-Dalles, see CR621-624 (iR3+iR182). Note: August 1884 Monet also stayed a short time in Les Petites-Dalles, where his brother Léon used to take his holidays (R22,CR903-906)
Claude Monet, 7IE-1882-76, Etude de mer vue des hauteurs =1881, CR649, sea study seen from the cliffs, 60×81, private (iR10;iR135;R22,no649;R90II,p206+221;R2,p395)
Claude Monet, 7IE-1882-87, du haut des falaises à Fécamp. Perhaps: CR656, 1881, The Cliff at Fécamp, 64×80, Aberdeen AGM (iR51;iR2;R22,no656;R2,p394)
Claude Monet: 7IE-1882-77, À Grainval, près de Fécamps. Now: CR653, 1881, SDbr, At Grainval near Fécamps, 61×80, private (iR51;iR2;R22,no653;R90II,p206+222;R2,p395+404) Provenance: 1881/04 Durand-Ruel. Expos: =4EIP-1885-74; =3XX-1886-8; =NY-NAD-1886-297.
Claude Monet, 7IE-1882-76, Étude de mer vue des hauteurs. Maybe?: CR647, 1881, Seascape near Fécamp, 60×81, private (iR2;R22,no647;R2,p394)
Claude Monet, 7IE-1882-67, La mer du haut des falaises. Now: CR648, 1881, The Sea seen from the Cliffs, 60×75, private (iR2;iR51;R22,no648;R90II,p205+220;R2,p395+385)
Claude Monet, 7IE-1882-83, Le matin au bord de la mer. Now: CR651, 1881, Morning by the Sea, 61×81, private (iR51;iR2;R22,no651;R90II,p206+223;R2,p395)
Claude Monet, 7IE-1882-61, sur falaise à Grainval. Perhaps: CR655, 1881, View Taken from Grainval, 61×81, private (iR2;iR51;R22,no655;R90II,p204+219;R2,p395)
1882, Pourville and surroundings:
In 1882 Monet spent a long time in Dieppe, Pourville and Varengeville, along the Normandy coast.
Monet started this period with a week in Dieppe (CR706) and then he stayed two months in Pourville (5km south-west) (CR709). Monet depicted the cliffs and sea towards Dieppe, towards Le Petit Ailly (with the customs officers cottage; CR730) and more south to Varengeville (with it’s church and the Gorge des Moutiers; CR725).
Mid-June he returned to Pourville with his family and stayed at the villa Juliette (R22,CR751). Monet again painted also in the surroundings.
Monet painted the following works in Dieppe, Pourville and Varengeville: CR706-746 + 751-808 (iR3+iR182).
Claude Monet: 1882, CR762, SDbr, Chemin de la Cavée, Pourville, 60×81, MFA Boston (iR6;iR8;iR10;M22) Provenance: Durand-Ruel 1882/10 -1888 + 1900-1903; Loring. Expos: =? DR1883-24; London-D&D-SdI-1883-34; New York-DR-1902-13; Boston-CH-1905-35.
Claude Monet: 1882, CR797, SDbr, Les Fonds de Varengeville, 65×81, private (iR10;iR423;iR6;iR7;R22,no797) Provenance: 1882/10 Durenad-Ruel; 1883 Georges Petit; 1889ca Guillemard; Clapisson; sale HD1894/04/28-21; Montaignac; 1912ca Doucet. Expos: DR1883-34; 3XX-1886-3; GP1889-59; Saint-Petersbourg-Centennial-1912-441.
Claude Monet: 1882, CR726, SDbr, The church at Varengeville, sunset, 65×81, private (iR10;iR482;R22,no726;R22IV,p1017) Provenance: 1882/04 Durand-Ruel; 1883 Georges Petit; 1885? Herz; Henri Vever; sale GP1897/02/02-81; Montaignac. Expos: =DR1883-28; =? 4EIP-1885-72; =? 3XX-1886-1; =? GP1899-47.
Claude Monet: 1882, CR727, SDbr, The church at Varengeville, against the Sunlight, 65×81, Birmingham BIFA (iRx;R231-1;R22=R127,no727;M189) Provenance: ?1882/04 Durand-Ruel; 1883/08 G. Petit; 1889ca, Pr. de Polignac; 1897 Durand-Ruel. Expos: GP1889-M+R-61; DR1889-19; =? EU-1900-C-487, L’Église de Varengeville, 1882 (appartient à M. Claude Monet); London-GG-1905-147.
Claude Monet: 1882, CR725, The church at Varengeville, grey weather, 65×81, SAM Louisville (iR10;iR4;R22IV,p1018+CR725) =Reims-1896 (lent by Durand-Ruel?)
Claude Monet: 1882, CR737, Sbl, Cabane des douaniers, effet d’après-midi, 58×81, Md Douaniers Bordeaux (iR6;iR10;iR155;R22,no737) Provenance: F. Roux; sale HD1898/11/25-51; Durand-Ruel; Expos: Mulhouse-1905-318; Prague-FI-1907-27.
Claude Monet: 1882, CR741, SDbr, The fisherman’s house at Le Petit Ailly, 65×81, private (iR10;iR154;R231-1;R22=R127,no741) Provenance: ?1882/10 Durand-Ruel; sale Charles Leroux HD1888/02/28-58; Chocquet; sale GP1899/07/01-76; Monet; 1907-1909 Durand-Ruel. Expos: GP-1889-M+R-53; EU-1900-C-488, Cabane à Pourville (appartient à M. Claude Monet).
Claude Monet, 1882, CR805, Fishermans Cottage at Varengeville,
61×88, MFA Boston (iR51;R22;M22)
Claude Monet: 1882, CR735, The customs house at Dieppe, 58×70, Metropolitan (iR10;iR209;R22IV,p1016+CR735;M23) =Tours-1882, lent by Durand-Ruel =Boston-1883-10
Claude Monet: 1882, CR734, SDbr, The fisherman’s house, overcast weather, 60×73, private (iR10;iR64;iR94;R22,no734) Provenance: 1882/04 Durand-Ruel. Expos: =? London-EI-1882-4; DR1883-3 or 27; DR1899/04-16; London-GG-1905-144.
Claude Monet: 1882, CR731, SDbr, The customs house (Le Petit Ailly), 60×81, Metropolitan (M23;iR10;R22,no731) Provenance: 1882/04? Durand-Ruel; 1883 Petit; Leroux; 1888 Andrews; Avery; 1892 Seney; 1894/02/07? Durand-Ruel; 1895 Carey; 1927ca Payson Call. Expos: =? London-EI-1882-3; =? 4EIP-1885-69; New York-DR1895-13; Boston-1911-42.
Claude Monet: 1882, CR751, SDbl, Edge of the cliffs at Pourville, 61×100, private (iR6;iR10;iR7;R22,no751) Provenance: 1882/10 Durand-Ruel; 1883 Clapisson; 1891 Durand-Ruel. Expos: DR1883-10; London-D&D-SdI-1883-1; =? GP1889-58; DR1899/04-20; London-GG-1905-141; DR1908-p-36.
Claude Monet: 1882, SDbr, CR752, Bords de falaise à Pourville, 60×81, MB Postdam (formerly Metropolitan) (iR10;iR94;R22,no752;M23;M268) Provenance: 1883/12? Durand-Ruel; 1886-1903 W.H. Fuller. Expos: =3XX-1886-9; =New York-NAD-1886-295; New York-ULC-1891-54; New York-LC-1899-20.
Claude Monet: 1882, CR758, SDbr, Walk on the cliff at Pourville, 65×81, Chicago AI (M20;iR6;iR8;iR10;R22,no758) Provenance: 1882/10 Durand-Ruel. Expos: London-SdI-1883-32; DR1883-20; 11LE-1904-109; London-GG-1905-157; DR1914/03-30.
Claude Monet: 1882, CR717, SDbl, Pourville près Dieppe, 60×81, A1992/11/13 (iR6;iR94;iR10;iR7;R22,no717) Provenance: 1892 Boussoud, Valadon & Cie; 1892 Viau; sale DR1907/03/04-40; Durand-Ruel?; Expos: Zurich-Kh-FI-1908-17; New York-DR1915/12-6.
Claude Monet, 7IE-1882-74, Marine. Very uncertain: 1882, CR708, Falaise près de Dieppe, 59×79, private (iR51;iR142;R22,no708;R2,p395)
1883, Étretat: 1883/01/31 onwards Monet painted in Étretat.
Monet painted the following works in Étretat: CR816-833 (iR3+iR182). Note: 1884/08 he would shortly return (R22,CR907+908).
Claude Monet: 1883, CR817, SDbl, Etretat, sunset, 55×81, NCMA Raleigh (iR422;R22,no817) =? New York-AAG+NAD-1886-287; New York-1899-16; New York-1910-17
Claude Monet: 1883, CR832, SDbl, The Manneport, 65×81, Metropolitan (iR422;iR10;R22,no832;M23) Provenance: 1883/07/28 Durand-Ruel (600fr); 1883/08/09 Georges Petit; Expos: 4EIP-1885-66; =? XX1886-4 (lent by M. Georges Petit); =? New York-AAG+NAD-1886-123; New York-1899-21; Boston-1905-20.
1884, Bordighéra and surroundings: Monet stayed from mid-January until the 6th of April in Bordighera (CR852+889). Bordighera lies in Italy, just across the French border. Monet also painted in the surroundings, like Vintimiglia, the valley of the Nervia, Dolceacqua (CR878-885). Monet also made a portrait (CR886) and probably two still lifes (CR887+888).
Earlier in December Monet had made a trip with Renoir along the Côte d’Azur, namely near Monte-Carlo (CR850+851). In February (CR891b) and/or after the 6th of April (CR889) Monet also made some paintings just across the border in Menton, cap Martin, Monaco and Monte-Carlo (CR889-897).
Monet painted the following works in Bordighera and surroundings: CR852-897 (iR3+iR182).
Claude Monet: 1884, CR853, SDbl, View of Bordighera, 65×81, Hammer M. Los Angeles (iR6;iR10;R22,no853) Provenance: 1884/05? Durand-Ruel; 1884/06 Georges Petit; 1889 Montaignac. Expos: =? 3XX-1886-2; =? GP1889-67.
Claude Monet: 1884, CR874, SDbl, Un coin de ferme à Bordighera, 73×92, JAM Omaha (M230;iR6;iR10;R22,no874) Provenance: 1884/06 Durand-Ruel; Expos: 3XX-1886-10; New York-NAD-1886-296.
Sources:
My main sources is the Catalogue Raisonné of Wildenstein (1996=R22).
For other general references (=R) see. For other references to internet sites (=iR) see. For other additional references (=aR) see below. See links for practical hints and abbreviations and for the subscription of the paintings.
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Additional references (=aRx):
Travelfrance.tips/etretat (this tourist site renders info and many pictures on the works Monet made in Etretat; =iR422)
