1900
oil
canvas
From the collection of Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
The Great Alley in Giverny is a 1900 oil by Claude Monet, a Impressionism work, held at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
This painting shows a garden path lined with trees and flowers, leading to a house in the distance. The path is made of light-colored stone and is flanked by greenery and colorful blooms. The house is painted in soft pastel hues. The artist has used short, broken brushstrokes to capture the play of light and shadow on the path and surrounding foliage. The overall effect is one of serenity and tranquility. If you like this painting, you might also enjoy the work of Claude Monet.
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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