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Claude Monet

The Studio Boat (Le Bateau-atelier)

1876
Oil on canvas
72.7 × 60 cm (28.6 × 23.6 in)

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The figure in the boat is the artist, Claude Monet, who outfitted this floating studio with all his supplies so that he could paint from the middle of the water. Often Monet would anchor his boat when working. But sometimes he painted as he drifted down the river, creating landscapes that are really more a collection of momentary glimpses rather than a depiction of one specific spot.

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