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MONET
Haystack (1889)
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The Impressionists,
well known for their interest in painting colorful, sunny landscapes,
also studied the effects of light under many different circumstances.
About 1890,
Claude Monet started to paint a series, which focused on
showing a subject in a succession of varying light and atmosphere.
In 1891,
Monet exhibited his haystacks series.
In this series, Monet recorded the same scene through different
seasons of the year and times of day by using different color
tones in his palette.
It was not an easy task for Monet to achieve these results.
He had to stand on a slope above his farmhouse at Giverny
all day in the sun, snow, wind or rain.
He even destroyed some of his canvases, displeased with his
inability to capture all the nuances of light changes. This series of paintings demonstrates
his renderings of instantaneity, in which he was able to depict
the haystacks as they were absorbed by the change of light and environment
encircling them. |
