Claude Monet
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.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.
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.
Artwork Details
- 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
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing