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Gardener's House at Antibes

Claude MonetLinkedCulture matchlcp-86a26a40cf9a

Date: 1888
Medium: oil on canvas
Culture: France, 19th century
Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 95272

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In 1888, Claude Monet spent four months in Antibes, a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean coast, to derive inspiration for painting. Although his visit was occasionally challenged by strong winds that threatened to knock over his easel, the artist was able to complete nearly 40 works. This especially vibrant canvas is a depiction of a gardener’s house set against the sea and the distant Alps. Monet portrays intense midday light through thickly applied paint in bright colors that evoke the region’s sun-drenched climate. Small daubs of green on the slender trees framing the house suggest the onset of spring. Monet painted 35 canvases during his visit to Antibes from January to May 1888.

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Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
Provenance: July 20, 1891: (Durand-Ruel, Paris, France, 1891, purchased from the artist). | 1891: (Durand-Ruel, Paris, France, sold to Duran-Ruel, New York, NY) | 1892: (Duran-Ruel, New York, NY, April 19, 1892 sold to W. C. van Horne, Montreal, Canada) | 1892: W. C. van Horne [1843-1915], Montreal, Canada, sold back to Durand-Ruel, New York, NY August 24,1892. | 1892-1893: (Durand-Ruel, New York, NY, September 7, 1892, sold to J. Cook, St. Louis, MO) | 1893: Bought back by Durand-Ruel, New York, together with Boussod et Valadon at the W. H. Johnson-J. Cook sale, 11 March 1893. | 1893: Sold by Durand-Ruel, New York, to Jeptha H. Wade on 11 March 1893. | 1893-1916: Jeptha H.Wade, given to the CMA in 1916. | 1916-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH