Poplars Wind Effect

Claude Monet

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Work Overview

Poplars, Wind Effect
Claude Monet
Date: 1891
Style: Impressionism
Genre: landscape


A Decorative Arts museum was built in Paris around 1882 and there was a reawakening to the need to reinforce France's superiority in the decorative arts, which had peaked in the 18th century.  Monet may be reclaiming this dominance through his Poplars.


Monet's concern regarding the Poplars seems to be parallel to the Grainstacks, in that there is more to them than just the effects of light and atmosphere on a landscape. They are also about community, nationalism, France's dominance and the prevailing taste that appealed to a wide audience - helping to secure Monet's position as one of the most dominant artist of his time and add to his prosperity.