The Thaw at Vétheuil
1880 Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
About this artwork
This large landscape captures a winter scene along the Seine river near Vétheuil, a village where Monet lived and painted extensively. It is one of several works depicting the severe winter and thaw of 1879-1880.
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In the unusually harsh winter of 1879-1880, the Seine river froze completely, then thawed rapidly, causing significant ice floes. Monet, ever fascinated by the changing effects of light and weather, braved the extreme cold to paint this dramatic natural event, capturing the fleeting beauty of a frozen and thawing landscape, a challenge that underscored the core tenets of Impressionism.
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The Thaw at Vétheuil
Claude Monet, 1880
