Explore the Background of this artwork, Interior, after Dinner.
Monet created a series of marine paintings at this time (Fishing Boats, Calm Sea; Voiliers en mer; Fishing Boats at Sea; Rough Sea at Etretat) followed by The Magpie (1868), his famous winter masterpiece. Interior, after Dinner, which takes place later in the night, is a companion piece to The Dinner (Le Dîner) which shows the same event earlier in the evening. These are the only two interior night paintings in Monet's entire work and may have served as a study for The Luncheon (1868).
The Magpie