Haystacks

In Giverny, while walking with his daughter, Monet noticed the different colors of the stacks in the changing daylight. This resulted in an extensive series of paintings with one subject - stacks. He painted them in summer, in winter, covered with snow or before a summer storm. He worked feverishly as the changing sun did not give him much time to capture fleeting moments. Fifteen of these paintings were sold at one exhibition in three days. Kandinsky's view of inspired him to paint detached from concrete objects (this series of stacks thus accelerated the emergence of abstract painting).

Prevailing color of this fine art print is blue and its shape is landscape.

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.