

3510
1
by
Claude Monet
Grainstack (Sunset)
1891
In 1890 and 1891, Monet painted a group of pictures of the stacks of wheat (referred to as grainstacks or haystacks) in the fields near his home, exhibiting them as a series to great critical acclaim in 1891. Traditionally, the motifs in Monet’s series paintings have been seen merely as vehicles through which he could explore the interaction of light, color, and form over the course of the day and in different weather conditions. But scholars have recently proposed that Monet was equally interested in the meaning and significance of the motifs themselves. Grainstacks, for example, are traditional symbols of the land’s fertility, the local farmers’ material wealth, and the region’s prosperity.
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
painting by Claude Monet (Museum: Museum of Fine Arts)
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
painting by Claude Monet (Museum: Museum of Fine Arts)
- Size:
- 73.3 x 92.7 cm (28 7/8 x 36 1/2 in.)
- Medium:
- Oil on Canvas
- License:
- Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
- For more:
- http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/grainstack-sunset-321…
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