Wisteria

Claude Monet was indirectly responsible for the term ‘Impressionism’ since it was in relation to his harbor scene Impression. Soleil levant that an art critic sneeringly coined the term. The adverse criticism did not stop him from ending his days as a celebrated artist, living at his rural retreat in Giverny. There, in his luxuriant garden, he could paint blossoming trees reflected in ponds and channels crossed by Japanese-style footbridges to his heart’s content.
This almost abstract painting of wisteria in Monet’s garden at Giverny is dominated by its blue background, along the top edge of which curling brushstrokes form an arch of what appears from the colors to be tangled blossoms. The paint is applied in superimposed layers and the individual brushstrokes are recognizable only in the top layer. At the bottom right, the arch shape is repeated upside-down. The variation in sharpness or focus creates a sense of depth despite the virtually abstract nature of the image.
Source: J. Sillevis, ‘De tijd van het impressionisme’, in T.M. Eliëns, J. van Es (eds.), Kunst is keuze, Den Haag, Zwolle 2007.
詳細資訊
標題: Wisteria
建立者: Claude Monet
建立日期: circa 1925
建立位置: Giverny, France
實際尺寸: w2035 x h1536 cm (framed)
framing: Semi-circular, gold-coloured frame
Place Part Of: France
類型: paintings
權利: Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, purchased 1961
材質: Oil on canvas