Monet's Japanese Bridge

Claude Monet loved to paint in and around the surroundings of his house in Giverny, France. One of the subjects that you find in many of his paintings from this period is The Japanese bridge which was one of Monet's favourite features in his garden. read the full article of Monet's Japanese Bridge

haystacks in the village of Giverny

Claude Monet completed a series of paintings between 1890 and the spring of 1891 of the haystacks in the village of Giverny where he later purchased a house. The haystacks of Giverny with modern farming techniques are no longer there but Monet's representation lives on. read the full article of Monet and the Haystacks of Giverny.

Antibes Seen From the Salis Gardens

As one of the founders of impressionism, indeed the one whose painting lend its name to the movement, Monet was also the most consistent practitioner of the impressionist philosophy of depicting your perception of nature in outdoor landscape paintings. This led to a number of studies of singular subjects like haystacks and the house of parliament but also to broader landscape paintings, some of which a true treasures of the art world.

 

Among these, we find beautiful depictions like “Antibes Seen From the Salis Gardens”. Monet painted a number of paintings in 1888 depicting Antibes from different angles and times and this painting belongs to that series. It offers a beautiful morning view of Antibes, with the rising sun lighting up the sky and the tree in the garden directly in front of Monet, as well as the town of Antibes behind it. The depiction of this morning light is exquisite and brings with it a sense of warmth and joy. It is a positive image of optimism and bliss.

 

The depiction is done with the delicate expert brush strokes of Claude Monet paintings. This helps to add to the impression, as photo-clear depiction lends way to a focus on colors and light. This masterpiece of impressionism can today be found at the Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo, Ohio.