The poppies in this painting are no more than small bright dabs of paint. Monet once wrote of his working method: "When you paint outdoors, attempt to forget the objects you see before you (...) Think only: here is a blue square, here a pink triangle, here a yellow stripe and paint exactly what is before your eyes.
Specifications
| Title | Champ de coquelicots |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 79 cm Height 58 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Painter:
Claude Monet
: A.J. Heijdenrijk |
| Accession number | 2611 (MK) |
| Credits | Acquired with the collection of D.G. van Beuningen, 1958 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1958 |
| Creation date | in 1881 |
| Collector | Collector / D.G. van Beuningen |
| Internal exhibitions |
Impressionisme: Een schone kijk (1992) The Collection Enriched (2011) Lievelingen (2024) |
| External exhibitions |
Around Monet (2013) Colour & Light - The Legacy of Impressionism (2023) À la campagne: het Franse licht van Maris tot Monet (2022) Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen @ Rijksmuseum (2023) Vive l' impressionisme! Topstukken uit Nederlandse collecties. (2024) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | France > Western Europe > Europe |
| Place of manufacture | Vétheuil > France > Western Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Claude Monet
Parijs 1840 - Giverny 1926
Claude Monet moved at a young age from Paris to the Normandy city Le Havre. There he became a pupil of Eugène Boudin. From 1860 to 1862 he was stationed as a...
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