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Claude Monet

John Singer Sargent American

1887

Not on view

This sober study of Claude Monet (1840–1926) was probably painted at Monet’s home at Giverny, France, where Sargent traveled with their mutual friend, sculptor Auguste Rodin, in 1887. Sargent worked alongside the great Impressionist artist at Giverny on more than one occasion and looked to him for advice on color in his landscape paintings.
In 1897, Sargent presented this portrait to the National Academy of Design in New York as his diploma work. It reflects his veneration of the older artist and ensures that their connection would be publicly immortalized.

Claude Monet, John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London), Oil on canvas, American — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Claude Monet

Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856–1925 London)

Date: 1887

Culture: American

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 16 × 13 in. (40.6 × 33 cm)
Framed: 24 3/4 in. × 21 13/16 in. × 2 1/2 in. (62.9 × 55.4 × 6.4 cm)

Credit Line: National Academy Museum, New York

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