Economic crisis causes Durand-Ruel to curtail his support of Monet and the other Impressionists. In desperation they auction 73 paintings but public and press reaction to these radical works is one of outrage and the police are called to quell an ensuing riot. Only half the pictures are sold.
Claude Monet
Taking a walk near Argenteuil 1875
Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris
Gift of Michel Monet, 1966 (inv. 5332)
© Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris,
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