« Impression d’Argenteuil ».
I just painted this mural in Argenteuil next to Paris!
Argenteuil is a place where several impressionist artists lived and painted and this year we are celebrating the 150th anniversary of the mouvement.
Each element of the mural is inspired by a painting from that era painted in Argenteuil.
For exemple, the poppies are from Claude Monet, and so is the bridge « Pont d’Argenteuil » or the large flower pot from his painting « Maison de l’artiste à Argenteuil ».
The diamonds are from the sails and their reflection in the water in his « Régates à Argenteuil ».
The horses are from Alfred Sisley’s « La Grande Rue à Argenteuil ».
Gustave Caillebotte inspired the sunflower as well as the parallelograms which come from the fields in « Paysage à Argenteuil ».
Thank you to Kaufman & Broad and Ville d’Argenteuil for letting me paint on their building. And a huge thank you to my gallery Urban Signature for the impeccable organisation.
As always I painted this mural without a proper sketch and without using projectors or apps to put a drawing up on the wall. I studied the impressionist paintings of Argenteuil before starting but I let my mind build the mural little by little. So I really want to thank the « direction de la culture et du tourisme » for trusting me to paint the wall without at all knowing what I was going to do.
Seb Toussaint 