Poppy Field (Giverny) (1890–91): Artwork and History

Poppy Field (Giverny) (1890–91) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926).

The work and its context

The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:

In July 1890, Claude Monet began four almost identically scaled canvases showing poppy fields near his home in Giverny. Although he did not consider these to be a series, like the 25 paintings of stacks of wheat that he began shortly after the harvest that same summer, the works certainly show his growing interest in developing several canvases at once. They also demonstrate a far more homogeneous touch than the freely brushed landscapes of his earlier career, with surfaces that have a tapestry-like materiality.

Object facts

• Title: Poppy Field (Giverny)
• Date: 1890–91
• Artist attribution: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
• Place of origin: France
• Medium: Oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 61.2 × 93.4 cm (24 1/16 × 36 3/4 in.); Framed: 77.5 × 109.3 × 7 cm (30 1/2 × 43 × 2 3/4 in.)
• Type: Painting
• Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
• Reference number: 1922.4465

Collection credit

Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball Collection

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