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Bateaux de plaisance W229 par Claude Monet, musée d’Orsay
  • Bateaux de plaisance W229 par Claude Monet, musée d’Orsay
  • Bateaux de plaisance W229 par Claude Monet, musée d’Orsay
Pleasure boats W229 - Claude Monet

Pleasure boats W229 - Claude Monet

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Claude Monet · Argenteuil between 1872 and 1873 · Musée d'Orsay

Pleasure boats W229hand painted reproduction

A flotilla of sailboats gathers on the Seine at Argenteuil. The masts cut through the sky, the dark hulls extend into the water and a white sail attracts light to the left. Monet transforms modern leisure into a composition of verticals, reflections and light colors.

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Pleasure boats W229 - Claude Monet - full view
Pleasure boats W229Claude Monet · Between 1872 and 1873
Between 1872 and 1873Dating
49.2 × 65 cmDimensions of the original
Oil on canvasOriginal technique
RF 2437 · Wildenstein 229Inventory
A real paintingThe canvas is painted, never printed.
Created for youEach copy is made to order.
Controlled in photoYou see the finished painting before it leaves.
Touch-ups includedAdjustments are made before shipping.

Look at the work

Sailboats give a vertical rhythm to the Seine

Five main boats occupy the center. Their black, green and ocher hulls overlap without obscuring the water passages. On the left, an inflated white sail creates the brightest point; behind it, the bell tower of Saint-Denys discreetly locates Argenteuil.

On the right, a shrub-covered bank advances near the boats and cuts the horizon. The pale yellow and blue sky is reflected in the Seine in short touches. Under each hull, the masts extend into broken lines, less clear than their actual verticals.

The flotilla appears motionless, but the composition remains mobile: masts, hulls and reflections respond to each other according to always different rhythms.

Composition, touch and light

What Monet builds behind the impression of snapshot

Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.

01

A compact group in the center

The boats overlap like colorful shapes. Their different sizes and orientations avoid decorative alignment.

02

The white sail as a luminous call

It immediately detaches itself against the darker background and then leads towards the other masts, then towards the right bank.

03

Fragmented reflections

Verticals extend into the water, but horizontal keys interrupt them. The mirror remains readable without becoming symmetrical.

Reference image

Read this specific version

The official reference corresponds to RF 2437, W229. It restores the signature at the bottom left, the white sail, the bell tower and the exact position of the moored boats.

Composition01

Verticals of varying heights

Each mast contributes to the structure, from the central mainsailboat to the lower boats on the right.

Color02

Very clear water

Blue gray, cream, green and pink mix in small touches which carry the shells without forming a flat surface.

Matter03

Contours reserved for decisive elements

Masts, ropes and prows receive a few firm lines; vegetation and distance remain more open.

Documented benchmarks

Three pieces of information specific to this work

The Musée d'Orsay documents this Argenteuil painting, dated between 1872 and 1873, under the references RF 2437 and Wildenstein 229.

First merchant01

Paul Durand-Ruel in 1873

The merchant acquired the work directly from Monet in February 1873, when the views of Argenteuil became a major axis of his work.

Collection02

Ernest May

The banker and collector owned the painting from 1882 and gave it to the State subject to usufruct in 1923.

Historical presentation03

A set with Pissarro and Sisley

The notice specifies that the painting was presented in a triptych with a work by Pissarro and one by Sisley, today inventoried RF 2436 and RF 2435.

Your reproduction

What the painter must preserve

Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.

  • Maintain the spacing and inclination specific to each mast and each hull.
  • Make the white sail the bright spot without erasing the bell tower behind it.
  • Fragment the vertical reflections by the horizontal movements of the Seine.
  • Differentiate between the dark greens of the boats and the warmer greens of the shore.

Work sheet

Title Pleasure boats W229
Artist Claude Monet (1840 -1926)
Date Between 1872 and 1873
Original technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions 49.2 × 65 cm
Orientation Horizontal
Conservation Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
Inventory RF 2437 · Wildenstein 229
Your reproduction Handmade oil painting on canvas
Consult the official notice - Musée d'Orsay

Presentation in your interior

A palette designed with the room

This nautical scene combines light blues, deep greens and a large ivory accent. It brings calm light to a living room, dining room or house near the water; an oak, pale gold or blue-gray frame particularly suits it.

Pleasure boats W229, painted for your interior

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