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One of my favorite paintings (besides the three exquisite! Caillbotte's) in the recently closed Legion of Honor show, Impressionists On the Water, is this oil by Monet. It is a painting of his floating studio. He bought the boat shortly after moving to Argenteuil and converted it into a studio which he kept moored near his home and used to get vistas from the water.
This was actually an idea he got from Charles-Francois Daubigny who converted a small riverboat into a floating studio in 1857. He named it Botin and designated Corot as honorary Admiral. From it he painted one of my favorite paintings in the Legion of Honor collection.
Charles-Francois Daubigny, The Village of Gloton, 1857
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