![]() ![]() ![]() One the other hand, the picture could be seen as a statement of direction: the emphasis is clearly on the weeds, river, and sky, with the town decidedly subordinate. "Standing behind a screen of weeds, alone and meditative, Monet looks out across the empty Seine as if pondering his choices.It could be seen, therefore, as a statement of compromise: city and country, in tempered forms, could continue to coexist harmoniously and be the basis for Monet's art. Discussing a related work from 1874 Paul Hayes Tucker has made the following observations, which could also be applied to the present work. What we see here is one of the few instances of nature untamed, not yet overrun by industry and the activity of modern France. It is presumed that Monet painted this composition not far from the busy boat rental basin, but he has excluded any reference to the boats or any nautical activity. While many of his compositions from Argenteuil depicted the boats on the river, here Monet has devoted his focus to nature itself, untouched by the hand of man. As was characteristic of his Impressionist landscapes, Monet painted this composition on location, setting up his easel along the banks of the river in order to capture the fleeting effects of light as it reflected through the entanglement of branches. An overgrowth of reeds along the banks of the Seine is the subject of Monet's canvas from 1876. ![]()
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