Claude Oscar Monet and his wife Alice found a home in Giverny for them and their combined eight children, by the end of the 1800s. They rented a property with a large garden area and house that later on they were able to buy. During the last phase of the Impressionist’s career, his most significant inspiration was the lively and colorful garden he created, calling it his greatest masterpiece. The artist made many painting portraying the surroundings he greatly enjoyed and built with much care, with magnificent trees, an infinite number of blooming flowers, and even a pond with a Japanese style bridge.
One of Monet’s greatest inspiration was the Japanese woodcut prints he collected – as did many other Impressionists and Post-Impressionists. Artists like Hokusai used a technique called Ukiyo-e that enabled the use of vibrant colors and dark contours. These prints brought subjects of the ordinary, everyday life and the magnitude of nature, as well as humankind's interaction with it. Monet and his colleagues painted mostly en plein air, meaning they painted outside and in contact with nature, enabling them to observe the optical effects of sunlight on a landscape. Monet translated his passion for nature with expressive brush strokes on canvas.
Monet painted Giverny in Spring during the turn of the century, 1899-1900. This artwork is an exquisite example of an Impressionistic look upon a landscape. The brush strokes are vivid and freely applied to the surface of the canvas with bright colors. The painter used a low viewpoint, placing the viewer underneath the blooming trees. The forefront is filled with dark colors, because of the shade cast by the vegetation. The green, orange, and yellow grass vary from dark to light, while the trees get lighter as they get farther away. The top of the trees is filled with soft pink flowers and some specks of green leaves.
The far background is yellow and green, contrasting with the violet and blue sky. The color palette is beautifully complementing with combinations of yellow with purple, green with pink, and orange with blue. Monet’s love for nature transpires throughout his whole career, but his production in Giverny is the culmination of this, as his technique is bolder than ever, and so is his passion.
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