Poppy Field, Monet
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| Author: | Claude Monet |
|---|---|
| Original Title: | Coquelicots |
| Type: | Painting |
| Style: | Impressionism |
| Medium | Oil |
| Support: | Canvas |
| Year: | 1873 |
| Genre: | Landscape |
| Located: | Orsay Museum, París. |
He created the painting observing the wildflower fields on the outskirts of the city which gives the work its title. This painting reveals Monet's passion for color, with spots of red dispersing the flowers in a natural profusion across the lush green fields.
Claude Monet painted Poppy Field in 1873.The Impressionist-style composition showcases a landscape in which the figures of Camille and Jean (the painter's wife and son, respectively) are sketched in the foreground with brushstrokes in violets, blacks, and yellows. Similar silhouettes reappear in the distance on the tops of some hills, more as a suggestion of color than as well-defined figures.
La composición de estilo impresionista, muestra un paisaje en el cual se esbozan en primer plano las figuras de Camille y Jean (esposa e hijo del pintor, respectivamente) con trazos de pincel en violetas, negros y amarillos. Siluetas similares vuelven a aparecer a lo lejos en las cimas de unas colinas más como una sugerencia de color que como unas figuras bien delineadas.
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Why is this painting famous?
Poppy Field, painted by Claude Monet, is one of the key works that marked the birth of Impressionism. It was exhibited at the group’s first show in 1874, organized in the studio of the photographer Nadar in Paris, and provoked both admiration and rejection for its break with academic painting.
The quick brushstroke, the capture of changing light, and the depiction of an everyday outdoor scene embodied the new way of understanding painting. Over time, it became one of the most emblematic images of Impressionism and a symbol of 19th-century artistic modernity.
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