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Poplars
Peupliers
Claude Monet - 1881
The series of the Poplars, started right after the Haystacks and just before the Cathedrals, during the spring, summer and autumn 1891 includes over twenty paintings of the trees planted by the swamp in Limetz, on the left bank of the river Epte, about two kilometres upriver from Giverny.
The instantaneous quality of these paintings was meant to render the force and brevity of the impression felt in front of nature, the variations of light, of the weather and seasons being central in the preoccupations of the "series" painter.
In most cases, the paintings composing this series were painted from a boat or close to the riverbank, hence a landscape observed from below; in addition, the foliage shaken by the wind, and the movement animating the motif participates in the decorative character of this composition. The verticality of the trees is highlighted by the chosen format, very long in height. |
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