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 |
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Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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Location | This object is travelling |
Dimensions |
Width 79 cm Height 58 cm |
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Artists |
Schilder:
Claude Monet
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Accession number | 2611 (MK) |
Credits | Verworven met de verzameling van / Acquired with the collection of: D.G. van Beuningen 1958 |
Department | Modern Art |
Acquisition date | 1958 |
Age artist | About 41 years old |
Collector | Collector / D.G. van Beuningen |
Material | |
Object | |
Geographical origin | France > Western Europe > Europe |
Place of manufacture | Vétheuil > France > Western Europe > Europe |
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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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