Bordighera
1884
oil
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
1884
oil
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Bordighera is a 1884 oil by Claude Monet, a Impressionism work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
You see a painting of a town on a hill, surrounded by trees and a bright sky. The artist had a tough time finding a subject to paint in this area. He wrote about struggling to capture the strong sunlight and finding it hard to paint with all the vegetation around. Check out the work of artist Claude Monet to see more of his landscape paintings.