Date : 1889
Dimensions : 93 cm x 66 cm
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : Potter Palmer Collection (1922)
Impressionnisme
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French Painting
Painting (Paysage)
Area related
Fresselines (France)
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This painting is one of Monet's fourteen views of the Creuse River, which he included in an exhibition he shared with sculptor Auguste Rodin in 1889. Earlier that winter, Monet had traveled to the tiny village of Fresselines in central France. He spent the next four months there, painting from a spectacular vantage point overlooking the river. The gnarled oak tree, featured here and in other similar versions, presented a curious problem for the artist: he was still working on the paintings when leaves suddenly appeared on the tree. Determined to finish what was a winter sequence, Monet did not let the change of seasons deter him and simply hired a group of workmen to strip the tree bare.
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