1890
oil
canvas
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Poppy Field (Giverny) is a 1890 oil by Claude Monet, a Impressionism work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
You see a field of red poppies against a blue sky in this painting. The artist used a more controlled brush style here than in his earlier work. He was experimenting with painting multiple similar scenes at once, which was a new approach for him. Check out the work of Claude Monet to learn more about his style and techniques.
In July 1890, Claude Monet began four almost identically scaled canvases showing poppy fields near his home in Giverny. Although he did not consider these to be a series, like the 25 paintings of stacks of wheat that he began shortly after the harvest that same summer, the works certainly show his growing interest in developing several canvases at once. They also demonstrate a far more homogeneous touch than the freely brushed landscapes of his earlier career, with surfaces that have a tapestry-like materiality.
The artist (d. 1926); possibly sold to Hamman, Paris, as agent for Knoedler and Company, New York, Sept. 1891 [per Wildenstein 1996)]. Potter Palmer (d. 1902), Chicago, by January 24, 1893 [per Durand-Ruel, New York, stock book for 1894–1905 (no. 1015, as Coquelicots), as confirmed by Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel and Flavie Durand-Ruel, Durand-Ruel Archives, to the Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 5, 2013, curatorial object file]; on deposit with Durand-Ruel, New York, by Jan. 24, 1893 [per Durand-Ruel, New York, deposit book for 1888–93 (no. 5041, as Champ de coquelicots), as confirmed by Paul-Louis…
New York, Fine Arts Society Building, Loan Exhibition, Feb. 1893, cat. 40, as Champ des Coquelicots, Lent by Mr. Durand-Ruel. New York, Durand-Ruel Galleries, Exposition of Forty Paintings by Claude Monet, Jan. 12–27, 1895, cat. 3, as Coquelicots. 1891. Possibly Boston, St. Botolph Club, Exhibition of Paintings by Claude Monet, Feb. 4–16, 1895, cat. 25, as Coquelicots. 1891. Buffalo (N.Y.), Library Building, Buffalo Society of Artists, Fifth Annual Exhibition, Mar. 23–Apr. 11, 1896, cat. 57 (ill.), as Landscape, Durand-Ruel. Possibly Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Second Annual Exhibition,…
Read the full account in the museum source.
Oscar-Claude Monet was born in Paris on November 14, 1840, and raised from the age of five in Le Havre, where he began selling charcoal caricatures as a teenager.
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