Apple Trees in Blossom (detail)

As the 1870s began, Monet continued his pursuit of natural phenomena. In order to avoid the Franco-German War, he left his son and Camille, whom he had just married, and traveled to London. There, with Pissarro, he was introduced by Daubigny to Paul Durand-Ruel, who was to become his dealer. In 1871 and 1872 he painted canals, boats, and windmills in The Netherlands and worked again at Le Havre.https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/saskia/4143/thumbnail.jp