Claude Monet, The Poppies (canvas)

Description

The protagonist of the painting is this endless field of poppies that decorates most of the field in the painting. The countryside on a summer day in a typical impressionist landscape. Looking at the painting, the painting can be divided into two parts, on the left the dominant feature is the red of the poppies, on the right the uncultivated lawn, devoid of particular vegetation. Noteworthy is the technique used to paint poppies. In fact, if the poppies in the foreground are larger than those at the bottom so as to suggest the idea of depth, Monet creates the flowers in an original way. No trace of the preparatory drawing, inconsistent brushstrokes aimed at restoring the impression of poppies and evoking effects of chromatic brightness. The color is  dusted to define the base and then the shapes are perfected with spots of color so as to bring out  the large number of these flowers and give each of them a marked originality.