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Grainstack (Sunset)  1891

by Claude Monet

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 ...
Size: 
73.3 x 92.7 cm (28 7/8 x 36 1/2 in.)
Medium: 
Oil on Canvas
Credit: 
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