Claude Monet
(1840 - 19260)
 

Oscar-Claude Monet  was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During his long career, he was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of impressionism's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions of nature, especially as applied to plein air (outdoor) landscape painting. The term "Impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting Impression, soleil levant, exhibited in 1874 (the "exhibition of rejects") initiated by Monet and his associates as an alternative to the Salon.

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Under the Poplars
1887
oil on canvas
73× 92 cm
Museum Barberini, Potsdam
https://sammlung.museum-barberini.de/en/MB-Mon-23_claude-monet-under-the-poplars

 

In this carefree summer scene, Claude Monet celebrates the intensely brilliant red of the poppies. The leisurely attitude of the children, surrounded by flowers and grasses, emphasize the graceful lightness. The impasto of the surface, composed of spontaneous brushstrokes, reflects the shimmering colors of the sun-filled moment.