Claude Monet - Tulip Fields at Sassenheim, near Leiden 1886
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Tulip Fields at Sassenheim, near Leiden 1886
59x73cm oil/canvas
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute at Williamstown, MA, USA
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute at Williamstown:
In 1886, Monet was invited by a French diplomat to visit Holland’s famous tulip fields. The artist was concerned that the “poor colors” of modern oil paint might not effectively convey the fields’ vibrant hues. In the foreground of this view, the flowers are painted with thick, parallel strokes of bright red, yellow, violet, and cream, the colors glowing in the sunlight beneath a brilliant blue sky. Sterling Clark bought the work directly from the private collection of Monet’s dealer, Paul Durand-Ruel, in 1933.
- See more at: http://www.clarkart.edu/Collection/7764#sthash.xPQhzLHc.dpuf