Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883): Claude Monet Painting on His Studio Boat, 1874 (Oil on canvas) - Here Manet has captured Monet and his wife Camille in the boat which the painter used as a floating studio, rowing it up and down the Seine and stopping whenever he spotted a promising subject… Monet was often desperately poor, but could always rely on a loan from Manet – who was equally unpopular but less dependent on art for his income…