Claude Monet
Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat
From $100
This painting is mist and one bright sun, and a poor Monet Impression Sunrise print turns the mist to mud. We graded ours beside the original, keeping the cool teal haze Monet painted and letting the orange sun and its path on the water glow. The quick, loose brushwork is all there, down to his signature and the date, 72, in the lower left.
Canvas, framed or paper
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
Sizes
16x12 inch, 20x16 inch, 24x18 inch, 30x24 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its quiet blues and single spot of orange suit a bedroom or a reading corner, where you want calm rather than noise. It sits well with slate, soft grey and warm white, and a black or natural wood frame sharpens the sun.
About the painting
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
Le Havre at dawn
Monet painted this view in 1872 from a hotel window in Le Havre, the port town in northern France. It shows the entrance to the harbour at sunrise. The museum notes that he added the small boats and the orange sun at the very end.
A name for a movement
In 1874 Monet showed the painting at an exhibition in Paris and needed a title for the catalogue. Since it was clearly not a detailed view of Le Havre, he called it Impression. A critic used that word to make fun of the whole group of painters. The name stuck, and they became the Impressionists.
Where it lives
Impression, Sunrise belongs to the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris. It is smaller than you might think, about 50 by 65 centimetres, and almost everything in it is suggested rather than drawn. That is the point: Monet painted the feeling of a moment, not the details.
Read the story
We know the exact minute Claude Monet painted this sunrise. He never told us. The sun did.
It's November 1872, in Le Havre, a busy port on the coast of France.
Monet grew up in this town. Now he's back, in a hotel room three floors up, with a balcony over the harbour.
Very early one morning, he looks out into thick fog.
The sun has just come up, a small orange ball hanging low over the water.
Big ships wait for the high tide, and smoke from the chimneys drifts across the sky.
He paints fast: a blur of blue and grey, a few dark boats, and that bright orange sun breaking into pieces on the water.
The next day, he'll turn thirty-two.
Long after, an astronomer studies this painting like a detective with a clue.
He measures how high the sun sits, and checks the tides, the fog, and which way the wind was blowing the smoke.
Only one morning fits: the thirteenth of November, 1872, at about twenty-five to eight.
A year and a half later Monet shows it in Paris, and when the catalogue needs a title, he calls it simply, Impression.
A critic seizes on the word to mock the whole group of painters.
The name sticks, and they become the Impressionists.
Stand at the window with him. The sun is just up, and the fog is lifting.
Impression, Sunrise. Claude Monet, 1872.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
Will the colour look flat?
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Will the edges be cropped?
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Which size is right for my wall?
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
How long does it take?
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.
