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Summers in the Country: Giverny |
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John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
Claude Monet Painting by the Edge of a Wood, 1885
Oil on canvas; 21 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. (54 x 64.8 cm)
Tate, Presented by Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Ormond through the National Art Collections Fund, 1925
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Sargent's mid-summer 1885 visit to Giverny is documented by this undated painting that shows Monet at work on a canvas executed between late June and August 22 that is now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Seated in deep grass toward the right is an unidentified woman, perhaps Alice Hoschedé, Monet's longtime companion, or her daughter Suzanne. Sargent visited Giverny several times in the late 1880s, reinforcing his command of Impressionism but never becoming involved in the burgeoning American art colony.
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