Trees that form a transparent screen
Their thin trunks cut out the house but let the eye circulate. A few leaves are enough to suggest the beginning of spring without creating an opaque mass.
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Artwork description
Claude Monet · Antibes · 1888 · W1165
A stone house with an orange-pink roof appears between young trees, with the sea and the Alps behind it. Painted in 1888, this 66.3 × 93 cm oil on canvas is kept at the Cleveland Museum of Art under number 1916.1044 and corresponds to Wildenstein 1165.

Look at the work
The building is placed slightly to the left of the center, partially hidden by thin trunks which cross the entire height. The meadow rises in the foreground; behind the roof, a strip of blue sea then a pale coast open the landscape.
Monet combines acid green, yellow, pink, orange, blue and lavender in thick touches. The small yellow and green marks on the branches indicate the first leaves, without closing the view of the house and the horizon.
Architecture does not block nature: the trunks pass in front of it, the colors of the roof respond to the ground and the sea extends the space behind its walls.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
Their thin trunks cut out the house but let the eye circulate. A few leaves are enough to suggest the beginning of spring without creating an opaque mass.
The museum highlights the bright colors and thick paint. The light touches on the meadow, roof and walls give the impression of direct light rather than progressive modeling.
Monet stayed four months in the region in 1888 and painted around thirty-five canvases. The gardener's house allows him to unite a simple architectural motif, nearby vegetation, the sea and the Alps.
Reference image
Only one exact image of W1165 is used. The real WebP measures 3,000 × 2,134 px, taken from the Cleveland Museum of Art's Open Access image and since reduced to 3,400 × 2,418 px without artificial enlargement.
Trees are not added ornaments: their overlap creates depth. Removing or moving them would completely change the point of view.
Pink and orange concentrate the light in the center, while the blues in the background open the distance. This contrast is the colorful heart of the work.
Small marks remain visible in the meadow, foliage and sky. Melting too smooth would cause the intensity of the Mediterranean sun to lose.
Documented benchmarks
The Cleveland Museum of Art preserves Gardener's House at Antibes, oil on canvas from 1888, 66.3 × 93 cm, gift from Mr. and Mrs. JH Wade, inventory 1916.1044 and Wildenstein 1165.
The painting is offered by Mr. and Mrs. JH Wade and is numbered 1916.1044. The museum distributes it in Open Access and provides a very high definition color image.
The museum's notice describes intense light rendered by abundant material and brilliant colors, characteristic of Monet's response to the Mediterranean climate.
Small green touches on the thin trees indicate still light vegetation. They allow you to see the house, the sea and the distant mountains simultaneously.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | Gardener's house in Antibes W1165 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1888 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 66.3 × 93 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| Inventory | 1916.1044 · Wildenstein 1165 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
This solar stage is suitable for a living room, dining room or entrance. A sage green, earth pink or pale blue wall and a light frame extend its spring energy.
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