Argenteuil Collection: Claude Monet Oil Painting Reproductions

Argenteuil is where Impressionism found its shape. Between 1871 and 1878 Monet lived on this stretch of the Seine just downstream from Paris and produced some of the most confident, sunlit painting of his career; these fifty-four works cover the bridges, the regattas, the gardens and the winters.

Seven years on a working river

Monet settled at Argenteuil in 1871 after the Franco-Prussian war, and the war is visible in the subjects. Both the road bridge and the railway bridge had been damaged and were rebuilt, and he painted their new spans repeatedly: clean, engineered, emphatically modern, with pleasure boats passing beneath. Argenteuil was a weekend sailing town for Parisians, and the basin full of masts gave him verticals, reflections and moving colour in a single view.

He also fitted out a small boat as a floating studio, so he could work from the middle of the river and paint the banks at water level. Friends came out to work beside him, and the paintings of these years, the gardens with figures, the poppy fields, the snow on the Boulevard, are the clearest statement of what the group was after: ordinary contemporary life, painted outdoors, quickly, in high key.

Hand-painted oil reproductions, made to order

Any work in this collection can be commissioned as a hand-painted oil reproduction, painted in real oils on artist-grade cotton canvas by a senior studio painter and never printed, or supplied as a lower-priced archival canvas print. You select the size and the orientation, and the finish: rolled, stretched, or framed in a thin or a thick moulding. Each piece is made to order and hand inspected, with free worldwide shipping and a 30-day return guarantee.

Which room this collection suits

These are the cheerful Monets. Clear blues, white sails, green banks, plenty of light in the picture itself, which means they can carry a room that does not get much daylight of its own. They look well in kitchens, family rooms, hallways and home offices, and they are among the few Monet subjects that survive being hung as a pair or a set of three, because the horizon lines are consistent. Mid-tone walls, a soft blue-grey or a warm stone, hold them better than stark white. The snow scenes are the exception: pale and low in contrast, they need a darker wall or a substantial frame to stop them evaporating.

Frequently asked questions

Why are there two different bridges?

Argenteuil had a road bridge and a railway bridge, both damaged in the war of 1870 to 1871 and rebuilt shortly afterwards. Monet painted each of them many times, sometimes with the scaffolding of reconstruction still in place.

What was the studio boat?

A small craft Monet adapted with a cabin so that he could paint on the water. It let him work from the middle of the Seine, which is why so many of these views sit unusually low, right at the level of the reflections.

Which subject suits a large open-plan wall?

The regatta and basin views. They have a long horizontal structure and repeated masts that carry across a wide format without emptying out. Browse the full Monet collection if you want to compare proportions.

Hand-painted oil or archival print for these?

The oil suits them particularly well, because Monet's brushwork here is short, loaded and visible, and a hand-painted surface reproduces that quality of touch. The print remains a good option at larger sizes or a tighter budget.