Poppies at Argenteuil

ID: #2051 | TOP 20 | Impressionism | Landscapes

Date: 1873
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France
Dimensions: 50 x 65

Also known as field poppies. Captures the landscape of blooming landscapes bathed in light. Monet painted it in Argenteuil, where he lived a quiet and happy years. In the forefront is Monet's wife Camille and his son Jean. Painting works with complementary colors (for example red and green poppies bushes at the bottom). The main task has red poppies. It is a diagonal perspective, which gives tremendous depth image. The composition also find the influence of Japanese prints.

Monet painted picture Poppies at Argenteuil in 1873. Prevailing color of this fine art print is green and its shape is landscape. Original size is 50 x 65. This art piece is located in Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Claude Oscar Monet (1840-1926). A native Parisian, who thoroughly developed the idea of Impressionism. Monet almost scientifically studied the effect of light on different objects. He devoted himself to so called transitory states, which quickly led him to work with colour and light, his paintings acting on the viewer from the first impression. His use of open-air painting and objects which were special only because of light opened the way for the beginnings of modern painting. Monet’s Impression, Sunrise (1874) not only gave the name to the whole art movement, but secured Monet a place among the best painters of all times. At one time, he resided in London and created his famous study Houses of Parliament (Monet wondered, How could the English painters paint Parliament when it cannot be seen for the fog?). In the Giverny, which became his favourite retreat after the death of his wife, he painted motifs from his garden and the popular series Water Lilies - the world of the water was as poetic and mysterious as a primordial paradise.