Vétheuil () is a
commune on the
Seine
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, 60 kilometers northwest of
Paris
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,
France
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. Vétheuil is located in the
arrondissement of Pontoise 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.[< ...]
department.
Personalities
Impressionist
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painter
Claude Monet
Oscar-Claude Monet (, ; ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of Impressionism painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During his ...
lived in Vétheuil from 1878 to 1881, during which time he produced some 150 paintings.
Joan Mitchell
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moved to Vetheuil in 1959 where she productively made many
abstract works.
Camille Doncieux
Camille-Léonie Doncieux (; 15 January 1847 – 5 September 1879) was the first wife of French painter Claude Monet, with whom she had two sons. She was the subject of a number of paintings by Monet, as well as Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Édoua ...
(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'' (''Femmes au jardin''). She died in Vétheuil, where she and her husband lived since 1878, and her grave is in Vétheuil cemetery.
See also
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Communes of the Val-d'Oise department
The following is a list of the 183 Communes of France, communes of the Val-d'Oise Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
External links
Official website
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Association of Mayors of the Val d'Oise
Communes of Val-d'Oise
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