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Vétheuil

Yellow field with bright red poppies. Trees to the right, and behind field. Buildings in the background, including white church tower in the centre of the composition. Blue patch to the right, yellow and green hills on the horizon. The sky is blue and white, paint applied using distinctive, small and obvious brushstrokes.

In 1878 Claude Monet moved to the small village of Vétheuil, on the river Seine, half-way between Paris and Rouen. The distinctive tower of the village church, a triangle of white, can just be made out in the centre of the composition.

This is a truly Impressionist painting. Monet painted it outside, directly on to the canvas, and in just a few hours. He used small, hasty br...

c. 1880
Oil on canvas
597.0 x 800.0mm
2403
Images and text: CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection, 2023