This wonderful landscape by Monet conveys the shimmering and energetic feeling of the summer sun on water, buildings and land.
Monet created about 30 paintings of Vetheuil according to his usual method en plein air and showing the effect of light on the subject at different times of the day.
Vetheuil (pron: Ve-tey-ee)
At the time Monet painted Vetheuil it had only 600 inhabitants
It is about 10km from the nearest railway station
Painted from Monet's boat
Sitting on a busy trade route between Rouen and Paris. Monet has chosen not to portray any river traffic
Features a 13c gothic church
Title: Monet: Vetheuil 1879 No.2
Original Title: Vetheuil
Creator: Claude Monet
Date Created: 1879
Style: Nineteenth-Century European Painting Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
Physical Dimensions: 810(w) x 600(h) mm
Medium: Oil on canvas
Provenance: National Gallery of Victoria, Australia 1937