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MONET, Claude: The Boulevard des Capucines in Paris

🖼 The Boulevard des Capucines in Paris, 1873
Oil on canvas
60 × 80 cm
Moscow, Russia

Bustling crowds and carriages animate a Parisian boulevard rendered in feathery brushstrokes, where figures blur into the vibrant urban scene. Monet captures modern metropolitan life with radical immediacy, establishing Impressionism's commitment to fleeting light and contemporary subjects over historical narratives.

Monet. the Triumph of Impressionism
Monet. the Triumph of Impressionism
Daniel Wildenstein
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