Customs House. Afternoon Effect

1880–1881

Durand-Ruel resumes purchases

Durand-Ruel offered to handle the buying and selling of Monet's works on a permanent basis, after which the artist's fortunes rapidly improved.

dicembre 1881 – aprile 1883 · Residenza

Villa Saint-Louis

1883

First major retrospective

In the year of his move to Giverny, Monet's first large retrospective exhibition took place.

1883

Riviera trip with Renoir

Monet and Renoir took a short painting trip by train along the Italian Riviera as far as Genoa; on the way back they stopped at L'Estaque to see Cézanne. On this trip Monet discovered Bordighera.

1883–1926 · Luogo di lavoro

Giverny

18 January – 5 April 1884

Three months in Bordighera

Instead of the planned three weeks, Monet spent almost three months in the Ligurian town of Bordighera and painted 38 pictures. He called the town a magical, fairy-tale land; on the way back he stopped in Menton.