Claude Monet - Torrent of the Petite Creuse at Fresselines 1889

Torrent of the Petite Creuse at Fresselines 1889
Torrent of the Petite Creuse at Fresselines
1889 65x91cm Oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

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From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City:
In early spring 1889, Monet painted at least twenty-three works depicting the area around the confluence of two rivers in Fresselines, the Petite Creuse and the Grande Creuse, in central France. This view of the shallow rapids near that confluence is nearly identical to another painting (private collection). Monet positioned his easel on the steep bank of the ravine through which the Petite Creuse flows. From the elevated vantage point he was able to look down onto the subject. The result is an ambiguous space that produces a strongly two-dimensional effect.