Le bassin d'Argenteuil

He only painted five arches on the bridge, which in reality had seven, and he raised the height of the tollbooths.The activity in Bassin d'Argenteuil recalls the beach scenes of Saint Adresse or those of the Grenouillère baths at Bougival before 1870. But here we have a particularly accomplished work, a brilliant starting point for a fruitful series, as Impressionism reached its peak during the Argenteuil period.