commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
,
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
. Vétheuil is located in the
arrondissement of Pontoise
The arrondissement of Pontoise is an Arrondissements of France, arrondissement of France in the Val-d'Oise Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region. It has 105 Communes of France, communes. Its population is ...
in the
Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.
Impressionist
Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...
painter
Claude Monet
Oscar-Claude Monet (, , ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During ...
lived in Vétheuil from 1878 to 1881, during which time he produced some 150 paintings.
Joan Mitchell
Joan Mitchell (February 12, 1925 – October 30, 1992) was an American artist who worked primarily in painting and printmaking, and also used pastel and made other works on paper. She was an active participant in the New York School of artis ...
moved to Vetheuil in 1959 where she productively made many abstract works.
Camille Doncieux (1847-1879) was the first wife of Claude Monet, who painted her portrait in 1886. Before marrying Monet she was his model, and appeared three times in the painting ''
Women in the Garden
''Women in the Garden'' (French: ''Femmes au jardin'') is an oil painting begun in 1866 by French artist Claude Monet when he was 26. It is a large work painted ''en plein air''; the size of the canvas necessitated Monet painting its upper half w ...
'' (''Femmes au jardin''). She died in Vétheuil, where she and her husband lived since 1878, and her grave is in Vétheuil cemetery.