Beautiful large color offset by Claude Monet.
Sheet size 120 x 90 cm in new condition.
Monet moved with his family to Le Havre when he was about five years old. He completed military service in Algeria in 1861-1862, which may have influenced his later choice to paint mostly landscapes.
Monet began painting with Charles Gleyre in Paris. In 1867, he and Renoir lived with Frédéric Bazille. In the following years, he shared a studio in Paris with Bazille. From probably 1865, Monet had a relationship with Camille Doncieux. In 1867, their first son, Jean, was born in Paris. The couple married in the summer of 1870. They spent their honeymoon in Trouville, but because of the war between France and Prussia, they fled to London. Via the Netherlands, including four months in Zaandam and a short stay in Amsterdam, they returned to France, settling in Argenteuil in 1871. This place was easily accessible from Paris' Saint-Lazare train station, from which Monet painted several works. During this period Monet became briefly prosperous, as his paintings sold well.