Argenteuil facts for kids

Map of Argenteuil in 1780

coat of arms

Argenteuil is a town northwest of Paris, France. Argenteuil is a sub-prefecture of the Val-d'Oise department.

Argenteuil is the second most populated town in the suburbs of Paris (after Boulogne-Billancourt) and the most populated commune in the Val-d'Oise department; however it is not the prefecture. Its population is about 94,000 (1999).

Claude Monet painted things in Argenteuil many times.

Twin towns

• Dessau (Germany) ;
• Clydebank (Scotland) ;
• Alessandria (Italy) ;
• Hunedoara (Romania)

La Seine à Argenteuil, Claude Monet 1874

Images for kids

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  In his 1872 painting, Springtime, Monet was interested in studying how unblended dabs of color could suggest the effect of brilliant sunlight filtered through leaves The Walters Art Museum.

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  Claude Monet, The Seine at Argenteuil, 1873

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  Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet Painting in His Garden at Argenteuil, 1873

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  Édouard Manet, The Seine near Argenteuil, 1874

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  Édouard Manet, Argenteuil, 1875

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  Claude Monet, Bords de la Seine à Argenteuil, 1875

See also

In Spanish: Argenteuil para niños