Claude Monet
(1840 – 1926)

French

Meadow at Giverny 1885

Oil on canvas

This is one of a number of paintings of meadows lined with poplars which Monet painted at Giverny. It reflects a period of experimentation, prior to the creation of his first 'series' paintings, whereby he recorded the same motif under different atmospheric conditions. Monet rented a house at Giverny in 1883 and settled there permanently in 1890.

Anonymous Loan 1991

Claude Monet
(1840 – 1926)

French

Poplars on the River Epte 1891

Oil on canvas

These poplars grew on the banks of the River Epte, a tributary of the river Seine in Normandy. The site was very near the little town of Giverny where Monet settled in 1890. This belongs to a series of paintings of the poplars made by Monet between the late spring and late autumn of 1891. He probably painted them from a boat moored mid-river.

Purchased 1925 (NG 1651)

Claude Monet (1840–1926)

**Snow Scene at Argenteuil, 1875**

The heavy snowfalls during the winter of 1874–5 prompted Monet to paint 18 views of the landscape around his home in the village of Argenteuil, of which this is the largest. It evokes the cold winter atmosphere through a steely palette of blues and greys, occasionally given depth by sharp accents of colour.

Oil on canvas

NG6607. Bequeathed by Simon Sainsbury, 2006