A new museum of Claude Monet, one of the founders of Impressionism, has opened in the village of Argenteuil on the outskirts of Paris.

In a mansion located in a resort town on the banks of the Seine, Monet settled with his family in 1874 and lived there for four years, writing several of his masterpieces.

Unlike the famous artist's house in Giverny, which attracts tens of thousands of tourists to Normandy every year, Argenteuil does not have his bed, desk or easel.

At the same time, visitors to the museum can get acquainted with reproductions of Monet's paintings and letters by immersing themselves in his work on board a workshop boat that he built specifically for painting on the water.

In accordance with Monet's works, the winter garden of the mansion was completely rebuilt, where the artist created 259 paintings, more than 150 of which are dedicated to Argenteuil.