# Vétheuil

**Claude Monet** (French, 1840–1926)  
1901  
Oil on canvas  
90 × 93 cm (36 7/16 × 36 5/8 in.); Framed: 102.3 × 105.1 × 7 cm (40 1/4 × 41 3/8 × 2 3/4 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.1161. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/16579).

## About this work

In the summer of 1901, Claude Monet rented a home across the Seine from Vétheuil and not far from his property at Giverny. From the balcony of his rental he began 15 paintings of Vétheuil, all of which feature the same view of the riverbank and town—punctuated by the church—and document the changes in light throughout the day. The Art Institute holds two paintings from this series, one from midday and another from sunset.

_Text from the Art Institute of Chicago._

Claude Monet painted this in 1901, aged 61. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of oil on canvas.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Claude Monet](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/claude-monet)

French, 1840–1926

Monet grew up in Le Havre, where Eugène Boudin encouraged him to paint outdoors. In Paris he met Renoir, Sisley and Bazille, and his Impression, Sunrise gave the Impressionist movement its name in 1874. He made a lifelong study of changing light, painting the Gare Saint-Lazare, haystacks, poplars and Rouen Cathedral in series. From 1883 he lived at Giverny, where he built the water garden that filled the last three decades of his work.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: France
- The artist was 61
- Real size: about 35 × 37 in (90 × 93 cm). The 24 × 36 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 20th century
- Movement: [Impressionism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/impressionism)
- Subjects: landscapes, building, church, reflections, hills, foliage, trees, towns
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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