Claude Monet - Spring Flowers 1864
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Spring Flowers 1864
116x91cm oil/canvas
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, USA
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From Cleveland Museum of Art:
This early work reveal's Monet's fascination with capturing the transitory effects that became the primary focus of his later innovations. Painted with almost scientific accuracy, this still life has a freshness and immediacy derived partly from its composition. Isolated against a dark background, the fully mature peonies, potted hydrangeas, and basketed lilacs spill downward and outward from the geraniums at the rear. At the same time, Monet's energetic brushwork conveys the sparkling play of light on leaves and petals.