Poppy Field at Argenteuil ~ Monet

French Title : Coquelicots à Argenteuil
Location : Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Year : 1873 Oil on Canvas
In 1872 Monet settled at Argenteuil with his wife Camille and son Jean. Argenteuil provided him with plenty of idyllic subject matter and this painting, which was shown at the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874, is his most famous work. The two figures in front view are Camille and Jean. Painted in an almost abstract style, the splashes of red draw the observer's eye at once, despite roughly half the canvas is given over to the sky. The red dots of poppies almost form an abstract pattern, reminiscent of the famous waterlilies that the would paint later. This painting shows the relationship between human figure and nature where the figures are almost incidental and nature dominates, indicating Monet's increasing work towards landscape painting. I saw it first in a catalog and I just love the red color of the poppies, I thought there were only two ppl walking in the front view but there were also two ppl at the rear view. I bought the poster along with the matching red frame and hung it on the wall of my bedroom along with The Kiss. For details, click here