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Woodgatherers at the Edge of the Forest
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
about 1863
Medium/Technique
Oil on panel
Dimensions
59.7 x 90.2 cm (23 1/2 x 35 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Henry H. and Zoe Oliver Sherman Fund
Accession Number1974.325
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
Although his early views of Normandy’s ports and beaches depicted light in the fractured manner that Monet was to perfect later in his career, this inland landscape of the same period is greatly simplified, its effects flattened and almost schematic. Monet used choppy, broad strokes of color and juxtaposed warm browns and greens against the blue of the sky, thus recalling the boldly painted landscapes of earlier artists like Courbet.
InscriptionsLower right: C. Monet
ProvenanceA. Amanté (Galerie de l'Art Moderne), Paris [see note 1]. By 1961, A. and R. Ball, New York [see note 2]. Harold Kaplan (b. 1897 - d. 1990), Boston; 1968, gift of Harold Kaplan to the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA; 1968, sold by the Rose Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1974)
NOTES:
[1] According to Daniel Wildenstein, "Claude Monet: Biographie et catalogue raisonné," vol. 1, 1840-1881 (Paris, 1974), p. 128, cat. no. 18.
[2] John Rewald, "The History of Impressionism" (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1961), p. 97.
NOTES:
[1] According to Daniel Wildenstein, "Claude Monet: Biographie et catalogue raisonné," vol. 1, 1840-1881 (Paris, 1974), p. 128, cat. no. 18.
[2] John Rewald, "The History of Impressionism" (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1961), p. 97.