Sunset

Date: 1880
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: private collection
Dimensions: 53 x 80

In the painting from 1880 we can see the sunset in Lavacourt over the river Seine. The same motif was processed by Claude Monet several times in the same year, other attempts are already more elaborate and do not give such a hurried impression, which, however, the painter uses as part of the effort to capture the given moment as dictated by the Impresionist style. One of his attempts - Winter Sun at Lavacourt - comes from a snowy setting.

Monet painted picture Sunset in 1880. Prevailing color of this fine art print is vivid and its shape is landscape. Original size is 53 x 80. This art piece is located in a private collection 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.