Poppy Field (Giverny)

1890–91

In July 1890, Claude Monet began four almost identically scaled canvases showing poppy fields near his home in Giverny. Although he did not consider these to be a series, like the 25 paintings of stacks of wheat that he began that same summer, the works certainly show his growing interest in developing several canvases simultaneously. They also demonstrate more uniform brushwork than his earlier landscapes.

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Artist

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

Date

1890–91

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

61.2 × 93.4 cm (24 1/16 × 36 3/4 in.); Framed: 77.5 × 109.3 × 7 cm (30 1/2 × 43 × 2 3/4 in.)

Origin

France

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Credit

Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball Collection