↗France, late 19th century-early 20th century · c. 1915–26
Water Lilies (Agapanthus)
Claude Monet
Colour palette
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Approximate colour proportions
Estimated from six colour groups in the museum image, including visible paper or borders. Reproduction and lighting affect the result; these are image-area proportions, not pigment measurements.
Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1993 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Image licence: CC0 · Web image resized for display. · Museum record & image source ↗
France · 1889
Wheat Field with Cypresses
- Date
- 1889
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 28 13/16 × 36 3/4 in. (73.2 × 93.4 cm)
- Country / context
- France
- Movement / tradition
- Post-Impressionism · Source ↗
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Pathway
- European and American art ↗
ABOUT THIS WORK
Curving marks connect the clouds, mountains and field, while the tall cypress interrupts the horizontal landscape. Compare the movement of short paint strokes with the larger shapes that hold the composition together.
Original educational overview · based on the linked museum recordA MOMENT TO LOOK
Start with what you can see: shapes, surface, colour and scale. How might the listed materials affect the way this object was made and experienced?
Looking prompt · an invitation to observe, not a historical interpretation.
