Claude Monet
Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat
From $100
This painting is greens with a sunlit pink-white dress, and a cheap copy muddies the greens. Our Claude Monet Springtime print was graded from a high-resolution master so the light stays dappled and the dress stays bright.
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 wide shape suits a living room, a bedroom or a hallway. The greens and pinks look lovely with white, sand and natural oak, and a natural oak or gold frame suits it.
About the painting
Springtime (The Reader) by Claude Monet
Argenteuil, 1872
In late 1871 Claude Monet settled at Argenteuil, near Paris. The next spring he painted his wife, Camille, reading in the garden among the lilacs.
Dappled light
He cared less about her likeness than about the light: small unblended dabs of colour that make sunlight flicker through the leaves onto her dress.
Baltimore
It may be the picture called The Reader at the second Impressionist exhibition in 1876. It belongs to the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.
Read the story
A young woman in a pale dress and bonnet sits reading in the grass, in the dappled shade of lilacs.
At the end of 1871 Claude Monet and his family settled at Argenteuil, near Paris. The next spring he painted their garden again and again.
Here his wife, Camille, sits reading among the lilac bushes. She had been his model since 1865, the year they met.
Monet was not trying for a portrait. He wanted the light: small, unmixed dabs of colour that make the sunlight flicker through the leaves and across her dress.
It may be the painting called The Reader that he showed at the second Impressionist exhibition in Paris in 1876. Camille posed for six of the eighteen pictures he showed there.
Today it belongs to the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.
Look at the spots of sun on her dress, and then at the shadows in the grass.
Springtime. 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.
