Summer

ID: #477 | TOP 200 | Impressionism | Landscapes

Date: 1874

Pierre Auguste Renoir , Édouard Manet and Claude Monet shared their summers in Argenteuil along the Seine, dedicated to refining their distinctive artistic styles. Within this context, Monet crafted a sun-drenched meadow in Argenteuil, featuring distant, hazy mountains. In this painting, his wife Camille and son Jean are no more visually prominent than the wind-blown trees or the colored shadows on the grass. Monet, as acknowledged by critics, aimed solely to convey an impression. Later, Cézanne would commend Monet, stating, “Monet is simply an eye, but — by God — what an eye.” Summer, exhibited at Nadar’s second exhibition in 1876, drew particular praise from the writer Emile Zola in his review of the showcase.

Monet painted picture Summer in 1874. Prevailing color of this fine art print is vivid and its shape is landscape. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Claude Oscar Monet (1840-1926). A native Parisian, who thoroughly developed the idea of Impressionism. Monet almost scientifically studied the effect of light on different objects. He devoted himself to so called transitory states, which quickly led him to work with colour and light, his paintings acting on the viewer from the first impression. His use of open-air painting and objects which were special only because of light opened the way for the beginnings of modern painting. Monet’s Impression, Sunrise (1874) not only gave the name to the whole art movement, but secured Monet a place among the best painters of all times. At one time, he resided in London and created his famous study Houses of Parliament (Monet wondered, How could the English painters paint Parliament when it cannot be seen for the fog?). In the Giverny, which became his favourite retreat after the death of his wife, he painted motifs from his garden and the popular series Water Lilies - the world of the water was as poetic and mysterious as a primordial paradise.