Claude Monet, La maison de l'artiste à Argenteuil (The Artist’s House in Argenteuil), 1876

Claude Monet, gardener
Monet, Camille and their son Jean moved in 1872 to a rather simple house in Argenteuil on rue Pierre Guienne opposite the station Two years later, in October 1874, they moved to the newly created boulevard Saint-Denis. In fact, they stayed in the same neighborhood as before, only a few minutes by foot from the station, but their new home was much roomier. For Monet, this was a second opportunity to create a garden (with the help of a gardener who would work in the garden from time to time). Monet had smaller gardens in Ville d'Avray (1866) and Louveciennes (1869), but in Argenteuil he had the the prime element needed for gardening: time.

Claude Monet, La maison de l'artiste à Argenteuil (The Artist’s House in Argenteuil), 1876. Oil on canvas, 63 x 52 cm.