Poppy Field in a Hollow near Giverny

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Poppy Field in a Hollow near Giverny: Claude Monet

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Claude Monet Oil Painting - Poppy Field in a Hollow near Giverny

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Work Overview: Poppy Field in a Hollow near Giverny

1885
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ
W. 1000

DIMENSIONS
65.1 x 81.3 cm (25 5/8 x 32 in.)

ACCESSION NUMBER
25.106

MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE
Oil on canvas

Monet and his fellow Impressionists believed that art should express its own time and place and that it should do so in an appropriately modern style. In the 1860s and 1870s, working primarily outdoors, the Impressionists observed that objects seen in strong light lose definition and appear to blend into one another. No clear outlines exist in this sunny landscape. Its forms and textures are suggested by the size, shape, and direction of the brushstrokes, and the juxtaposition of complementary reds and greens gives the painting a vibrant intensity. By the mid-1880s, most members of the original group had turned away from Impressionism, but Monet declared: “I am still an Impressionist and will always remain one.”

Claude Monet painted Poppy Field in a Hollow near Giverny in 1885. The region around Giverny had rolling hills to the north and cultivated fields of poppies and wheat to the south. Monet roamed these fields during the first years he lived in the village.

Although Monet began to plant in his garden shortly after he moved in, he had no interest in painting it at such an early stage in its development. He turned instead to the nearby poppy fields, which offered a lush display of natural color to paint.

September 1885, sold by the artist to Durand-Ruel, Paris [see note 1]; probably sold by Durand-Ruel to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Spencer, Paris and New York [see note 2]; March 24, 1911, sold by Mrs. Spencer to Durand-Ruel, Paris (stock no. 9548); 1911, sold by Durand-Ruel, Paris to Durand-Ruel, New York (stock no. 3459); 1911, sold by Durand-Ruel, New York, to Arthur Brester Emmons (b. 1850 - d. 1922), Newport, RI and New York [see note 3]; January 14-15, 1920, Emmons sale, American Art Association, New York, lot 31, to Durand-Ruel for Robert Jacob Edwards (d. 1924), Boston; 1925, bequest of Robert J. Edwards to the MFA [see note 4]. (Accession Date: April 2, 1925)

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