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Claude Monet

A Walk in the Meadows at Argenteuil
Now On View

Maker

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)

Title

A Walk in the Meadows at Argenteuil

Year

1873

Medium

  • Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Oil on canvas

Materials

oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

53.3 x 64.8 cm (21 x 25 1/2 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Houghton P. Metcalf, Jr.

Object Number

1998.107

Type

  • Paintings

Provenance

Purchased from Monet by Durand-Ruel in December 1873 and sold after 1889 (one of two canvases of Coqulicots.
Erwin Davis, New york
Durand-Ruel 1899
Josef Stransky, New York, 1917
Durand-Ruel 1917-1924
Sold to Houghton P. Metcalf, Sr., Providence, ca. 1927
By descent to Houghton P. Metcalf, Jr., Providence, 1958
Gift to the RISD Museum from Houghton P. Metcalf Jr.

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Exhibition History

European Galleries
Sep 02, 2017

Label copy

In this glimpse of his wife and son in a flowering meadow, Monet captured the movement of light across the landscape. Highlighting a diagonal course of grasses, he juxtaposed their yellow-green hues to the complementary orange-reds of poppies in the foreground. He rendered the figures with short, notational marks and used soft, wide brushstrokes in the sky and middle distance to suggest the optical blur of an overcast day. In this informal view of figures in nature, Monet emphasized atmospheric sensations over traditional subject matter, anticipating criticism that “impressionists” painted random views with self-invented technique.

Inventing Impressionism
Oct 21, 2016 – Jun 11, 2017

Label copy

In this glimpse of his wife and son in a flowering meadow, Monet captured the movement of light across the landscape by highlighting a diagonal course of grasses and juxtaposing their yellow-green hues to the complementary orange-reds of poppies in the foreground. Responding directly to his observations, he rendered the figures with short notational marks and used soft, wide brushstrokes in the sky and middle distance to suggest the optical blur of an overcast day. In this informal view of figures in nature, he emphasized atmospheric sensations over traditional notions of subject matter, anticipating the critical contention that “impressionists” painted random views of modern life with self-invented technique.

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Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
A Walk in the Meadows at Argenteuil, 1873
Oil on canvas
53.3 x 64.8 cm (21 x 25 1/2 inches)
Gift of Houghton P. Metcalf, Jr. 1998.107

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