Monet shared this piece at the first Impressionist Exhibition. It was the target artist Louis Leroy's criticism, in which he complained that the painting was not a complete piece of art. Leroy degraded the painting to a simple sketch, an "impression"…
Monet and Renoir brought their easels to La Grenouillère, a boating and bathing resort on the Seine river in the summer of 1869. Together, the two captured the leisurely activities of the Parisian people on their canvas.