Claude Monet - Meadow with Haystacks near Giverny 1885

Meadow with Haystacks near Giverny 1885
Meadow with Haystacks near Giverny
1885 74x93cm oil/canvas
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA

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From Museum of Fine Arts, Boston:
In this painting of primarily blue, green, and violet hues, the eye is drawn to the lighter and brighter streaks of yellow. These represent sunlight that has broken through the trees on the right, trees that glow from within with captured light. Color and light had always been Monet’s primary interests; at Giverny in the mid-1880s, he began to give himself up entirely to their exploration.