Vétheuil in Summer by Monet

Vetheuil was Monet’s home from 1878 to 1881, a difficult period during which his first wife Camille died of tuberculosis. He painted the village more than 150 times in different lights and seasons – one of his earliest serial subjects, predating the Haystacks and Rouen Cathedral series by a decade. Vetheuil in Summer captures a particularly luminous July afternoon and reads as a true impressionist masterpiece print.

Claude Monet (1840-1926) is the founding voice of the Impressionist movement. The original of Vetheuil in Summer hangs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The picture was bought directly from Monet by the painter Caillebotte in 1881 and was part of the famous Caillebotte bequest to the French state, although the New York version made its own way to America in 1929.

Hung in a Perth or Fremantle interior the impressionist landscape print suits chalk, oat or sage walls; oak floors, brushed brass, soft linen and a touch of rust velvet pull out the warm pinks and greens. The horizontal format works particularly well above a long sectional, dining sideboard or low credenza.

Each impressionist art reproduction is hand-finished in our Perth workshop. Choose stretched canvas, slim white framed print, black timber framed print or rolled canvas, shipped Australia-wide on rigid backing.