A horizon placed very high
The city line is above two-thirds of the canvas. This choice gives an unusual scale to the plant foreground and forces the eye to pass through its material.
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Artwork description
Claude Monet · A flowery bank in Argenteuil in 1877 · Pola Museum of Art
A mass of dahlias and foliage rises from the lower edge and covers more than half of the painting. Beyond this plant curtain, the Seine sparkles under a pale yellow sky; the silhouettes of Argenteuil, its church and its chimneys stand out in the mist. Monet brings the flowers very close to make you feel the shore before letting your gaze cross the water towards the modern city.

Look at the work
White, pale blue and red dahlias emerge from a very dark network of leaves and stems. Monet does not distribute them like a decorative bouquet: some flowers are cut by the frame, others are lost in the greens, and several stems rise to the river.
The Seine forms a light strip above the vegetation. A boat and a few tiny figures appear near the bank. On the other side, the Argenteuil church, houses and industrial chimneys make up a gray silhouette, lit by a sky where yellow, pink and blue mingle.
The flowers appear close enough to be touched, while the city becomes a distant form suspended in the light.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
The city line is above two-thirds of the canvas. This choice gives an unusual scale to the plant foreground and forces the eye to pass through its material.
Leaves and flowers use dense, short, multi-directional touches. The water and sky are treated by more horizontal and lighter passages that open up the space.
The church and the fireplaces are not hidden. Their verticality responds to the stems in the foreground, bringing together the growth of flowers and the transformations of Argenteuil.
Reference image
The unique reference corresponds to inventory 006-0467 of the Pola Museum of Art. The public domain file of 2208 × 1849 px retained its native dimensions, without enlargement, before its conversion to WebP.
Corollas are formed by white, blue or red touches placed on green masses. Their edge remains open so that each flower participates in the vibration of the foliage.
The pinkish yellow sky and silver water contrast with the deep foreground. This opposition pushes the city back and gives the dahlias an almost tactile presence.
The numerical reference allows the grain of the support to be perceived, especially in the sky. Faithful reproduction retains this breathing instead of uniformly covering all areas.
Documented benchmarks
Painted in 1877, this oil on canvas measuring 53.8 × 65.1 cm is kept at the Pola Museum of Art under inventory 006-0467 and bears the number Wildenstein 453.
Monet lived in Argenteuil from 1871 to 1878. There he observed the gardens, the sailboats and the industrial growth of the suburbs, elements brought together here in the same visual field.
Dahlias do not form a secondary border. Their mass occupies the majority of the image, hides part of the river and determines the height from which the city is seen.
The Hakone Museum preserves the painting under number 006-0467 and presents it in its collection dedicated to modern Western painting.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | Flowers on the banks of the Seine, Argenteuil W453 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1877 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 53.8 × 65.1 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Pola Museum of Art, Hakone, Japan |
| Inventory | 006-0467 · Wildenstein 453 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
The depth of greens and red accents give this work a generous presence in a living room, dining room or green interior. A walnut, dark green or patinated bronze frame underlines the density of the foreground.
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