Banquises (1893)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Banquises (Ice Floes) 1893 Oil on canvas, 66 x 100.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The prolonged freeze and heavy snowfalls in the winter of 1892–93 inspired Monet to capture their effects on the Seine…

La vague verte (1866-1867)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) La vague verte (The Green Wave) c.1866–1867 Oil on canvas, 48.6 x 64.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York When this early seascape debuted at the 1879 Impressionist exhibition, a critic remarked that it was “directly…

Printemps, arbres fruitiers en fleurs (1873)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Printemps, arbres fruitiers en fleurs (Spring, Fruit Trees in Bloom) 1873 Oil on canvas, 62.2 x 100.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Monet made this work in the vicinity of his home in Argenteuil, a…

Les quatre arbres (1891)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Les quatre arbres (The Four Trees) 1891 Oil on canvas, 81.9 x 81.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York During summer and fall 1891 Monet painted a series of views of poplars along the Epte River,…

Chrysanthèmes (1882)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Chrysanthèmes (Chrysanthemums) 1882 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 81.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York An avid gardener, Monet produced some twenty floral still lifes between 1878 and 1883, garnering both critical and commercial success. This…