Claude_Monet_-_Monet's_garden_at_Vétheuil_(1880).jpg
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Summary
Claude Monet : The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q296
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Title |
English:
Monet's garden at Vétheuil
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1880
date QS:P571,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium |
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions |
height: 151.5 cm (59.6 in); width: 121 cm (47.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,151.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,121U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q214867
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Accession number |
1970.17.45
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National Gallery of Art
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Object history | Unknown Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes | In 1881 Monet launched himself into a painting project around Vétheuil. He concentrated primarily on his garden which stretched out in front of his house at a lower level than the road, down to the Seine. This way, he was able to capture on canvas the memory of the places he would soon be leaving. These works compete with each other in terms of luminosity. Monet suggests the downward slope of the ground using the canvas in vertical format and through the play of shadow and light on the ground, which gives the image a feeling of depth and perspective. The figures, Michel Monet and Jean-Pierre Hoschedé, liven up the composition and emphasize the sense of the garden’s vast size in relation to the human scale. But above all, Monet brings together his previous experiments in this work: the fragmented touches of colour illustrate his mastery of the optical mixing technique and make the vegetation shimmer even more vibrantly. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | Washington, National Gallery of Art |
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