Painted around 1911, this landscape belongs to the series of views of the Seine near the settlement Vernonne, not far from Vernon and Giverny. Vernon and Giverny became the painter’s summer residence in 1910. Bonnard started traveling along the Seine in early spring, and that is the time when he painted this landscape. The gentle blue river waters are clouded with haze; the muddy-red banks resemble impressionist landscapes. Just like most of his art works from the turn of the 20th century, Bonnard painted this landscape in a decorative manner. The composition is built vertically, and the sense of up and down is lost because the banks and water are almost blurred into one substance. The color in Bonnard’s art work does not depend on the source of light. His colors live on their own. He wrote: ‘The painting is an alternation of spots that ultimately create objects by connecting with one another so that the viewer’s glance could explore the painting without encountering obstructions.’ The colors in Bonnard’s work enrich one another and become a cornerstone of the composition.