4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2010.

View of Vernon

Artist Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)

Date1886

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions23 3/4 × 31 1/4 in. (60.3 × 79.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 32 7/8 × 41 × 3 3/4 in. (83.5 × 104.1 × 9.5 cm)

ClassificationsEuropean art

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., dedicated by the Trustees to Augustus C. Miller in recognition of his service as Board Chairman, June 2004

Object number71.721

Terms

Countryside

Collections

European Art before 1945

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DescriptionThis is an oil on canvas painting. It is a landscape with a horizon line that runs very nearly through the middle of the picture plane. Slightly diagonally across the foreground is a path; it creates a bright triangle of green at the bottom of the picture plane. Next to the path are three thin trees with minimal foliage. There is a partial fence stretching across the green field in the middle ground. In the background are a few more trees and a house. There is a river running horizontally across the background: the only evidence of this is the darkening of the colors between the green field and the background. There are also hazy bluish mountains in the background.

Label TextClaude Monet French, 1840–1926 View of Vernon, 1886 Oil on canvas From 1883 until his death in 1926, the Impressionist Claude Monet lived in Giverny, where he painted his Haystacks series and also painted the nearby village of Vernon. About 50 miles from Paris, this town represented the unchanged countryside, a refuge from the drastically renovated and industrialized city of Paris. Specific light and weather were important to Monet, who painted quickly with broken brushstrokes to evoke the changing impression of the landscape. The grey sky and leafless poplar indicate early spring. Monet made many views of Vernon that show the recognizable tall church that towers over the landscape, even the distant hills. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.721