À propos de l’œuvre
Champs de papilles, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · 1881 · Poppy field · W677
Poppy field W677hand painted reproduction
A field of poppies crosses the entire width of the canvas under a vast pale sky, interrupted by a narrow poplar tree and a few trees lower on the horizon. This oil on canvas measuring 58 × 79 cm, painted in 1881, is kept at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen under number 2611 (MK).
Look at the work
Red keys are enough to make the whole field appear
The horizon is low and leaves an unusual place for the sky. The poplar tree placed to the right of the center rises alone in this opening, while the line of trees and buildings remains reduced to a blue and green frieze.
Poppies are just small red, orange and pink marks placed on a network of greens and blues. Their density varies from foreground to distance and creates depth without paths or figures.
In W677, Monet demonstrates that a field can arise from colored ratios: a few red touches, cold greens and a vertical silhouette are enough to organize the space.
Composition, touch and light
What Monet builds behind the impression of snapshot
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
A sky that occupies almost half of the canvas
The large, clear space gives the field a feeling of expanse and makes the poplar particularly visible. The composition is based on this contrast between low horizon and isolated vertical.
Flowers reduced to their optical effect
The museum emphasizes that poppies are simple touches of light. Monet describes neither petals nor stems: the irregular repetition of red makes one perceive flowering from a distance.
The Rotterdam version, W677
The format of 58 × 79 cm, inventory 2611 (MK) and the reference Wildenstein 677 precisely identify this canvas painted in 1881 and entered the museum with the Van Beuningen collection.
Reference image
Read this specific version
Only one reference image is used. Exact high definition scanning of W677 is converted to true 3000 × 2194 px WebP, without artificial enlargement.
A unique vertical in a horizontal landscape
Thin poplar gives scale to the sky and prevents landscape bands from becoming static. Its slight irregularity and off-center position must remain accurate.
Reds that breathe between the greens
Poppy touches are separated by blue-green intervals. If they become a continuous red band, the field loses its vibration and depth.
A finer touch towards the horizon
In the foreground, the marks are long and distinct; in the distance, they tighten and blend together. This decrease replaces the traditional perspective.
Documented benchmarks
Three pieces of information specific to this work
The Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen preserves Poppy Field, oil on canvas from 1881, 58 × 79 cm, inventory 2611 (MK) and Wildenstein 677.
The landscapes of Vétheuil
In 1881, Monet still lived in Vétheuil and worked the surrounding fields, banks and plateaus. Ordinary patterns become laboratories of light and color.
DG van Beuningen
The museum acquired the work in 1958 with the collection of the industrialist and collector Daniël George van Beuningen. Today it belongs to the modern art department.
Work currently in reserve
The notice from the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen indicates that the painting is not permanently presented. Its 2611 (MK) inventory remains the exact reference for this version.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- The exact version 2611 (MK), Wildenstein 677
- The original format of 58 × 79 cm
- The isolated poplar tree that crosses the vast sky
- The small red touches spaced in the blue-green field
Work sheet
| Title | Poppy field W677 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1881 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 58 × 79 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Inventory | 2611 (MK) · Wildenstein 677 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
This horizontal landscape brings a luminous breath to a living room, bedroom or office. An off-white wall, light wood and some earth red or gray blue accents accompany the palette without saturating it.
