Where can you see Claude Monet in Amsterdam?

At the Van Gogh Museum: Windmills near Zaandam. At the Rijksmuseum: La Corniche near Monaco. At the Stedelijk Museum: The House amid Roses. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Claude Monet's most famous work in Amsterdam?

Windmills near Zaandam, of 1871, at the Van Gogh Museum. Windmills on the bank of a Dutch river under a grey sky, painted during his stay in Zaandam.

When and where was Claude Monet born?

On 14 November 1840, at Paris, France. Claude Monet died on 5 December 1926, at Giverny, France, aged about 86.

What is Claude Monet known for?

Painted in Zaandam, near Amsterdam, in 1871. His Windmills near Zaandam is in the Van Gogh Museum. The Stedelijk has a late painting of his house at Giverny. Claude Monet was a French painter, of Impressionism.

Painter, 1840 to 1926

Claude Monet

In 1871, escaping the war in France, Monet spent months in Zaandam, just north of Amsterdam, painting its windmills and its water. Three of his pictures in Amsterdam span his career, from those first Dutch months to his last years at Giverny.

Born: 1840, Paris, France
Died: 1926, Giverny, France
Movement: Impressionism
In Amsterdam: 3 works in 3 museums

Where to see Claude Monet in Amsterdam

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Van Gogh Museum1 work

Windmills near Zaandam
1871
Windmills on the bank of a Dutch river under a grey sky, painted during his stay in Zaandam.

Rijksmuseum1 work

La Corniche near Monaco
1884
The coast road above the sea near Monaco, the rocks pink and the water deep blue, painted on his trip to the Riviera.

Stedelijk Museum1 work

The House amid Roses
1925 to 1926
His house at Giverny seen through a thicket of roses, painted in loose strokes when his sight was failing, a year before his death.

The life of Claude Monet

After the Franco-Prussian War Monet stayed in London and then, in the summer and autumn of 1871, in Zaandam, where he painted more than twenty pictures of the river, the houses and the mills.

The Van Gogh Museum, the Rijksmuseum and the Stedelijk each have a Monet, from his Dutch stay, from his trip to the Mediterranean in 1884 and from his last years.

What to know

Painted in Zaandam, near Amsterdam, in 1871
His Windmills near Zaandam is in the Van Gogh Museum
The Stedelijk has a late painting of his house at Giverny

Born: 14 November 1840, Paris, France
Died: 5 December 1926, Giverny, France

Claude Monet: common questions

Where can you see Claude Monet in Amsterdam?: At the Van Gogh Museum: Windmills near Zaandam. At the Rijksmuseum: La Corniche near Monaco. At the Stedelijk Museum: The House amid Roses. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Claude Monet's most famous work in Amsterdam?: Windmills near Zaandam, of 1871, at the Van Gogh Museum. Windmills on the bank of a Dutch river under a grey sky, painted during his stay in Zaandam.
When and where was Claude Monet born?: On 14 November 1840, at Paris, France. Claude Monet died on 5 December 1926, at Giverny, France, aged about 86.
What is Claude Monet known for?: Painted in Zaandam, near Amsterdam, in 1871. His Windmills near Zaandam is in the Van Gogh Museum. The Stedelijk has a late painting of his house at Giverny. Claude Monet was a French painter, of Impressionism.