The Studio Boat (Le Bateau-atelier) Is A Painting From 1876 By The French Impressionist Claude Monet. Stock Image

The Studio Boat (Le Bateau-atelier) is a painting from 1876 by the French Impressionist Claude Monet.The Studio Boat (Le Bateau-atelier) is a painting from 1876 by the French Impressionist Claude Monet. The work depicts Monet at work in his studio boat on the Seine in Argentueil.It was executed en plein air in oil on canvas. It currently is in the collection of the Barnes Foundation of Philadelphia.Monet bought the boat around 1873 soon after moving to Argenteuil. He described the boat as "a cabin made out of planks were I had just enough room to set up my easel.Monet most likely modeled his studio boat on the studio boat used by his friend and contemporary Charles François Daubigny.The floating studio enabled Monet to paint views from the Seine that would otherwise be inaccessible, beginning with a series of paintings of the sailing boats at Petit-Gennevilliers.