À propos de l’œuvre
Champ de blé, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · Vétheuil · 1881 · W676
Wheat field W676hand painted reproduction
A narrow path crosses a blue-green field before getting lost in a strip of pink and orange wheat. Groups of poplars stand on the horizon under a vast sky covered with very fine clouds. Signed and dated Claude Monet 81, this oil on canvas measuring 65.7 × 82 cm is kept at the Museum Barberini under the number MB-Mon-09 and corresponds to Wildenstein 676.
Look at the work
A discreet path leads to the poplars
The foreground is an expanse of tall grass in which a curved passage opens. In the middle, a warm strip of wheat stretches horizontally. The trees, grouped by vertical masses, punctuate the horizon without closing the depth.
The greens contain a lot of blue and turquoise, punctuated with small red flowers. Wheat brings pink, orange and yellow. In the sky, blue, gray and cream are spread out in long, light touches that evoke cirrus clouds.
The composition seems simple, but each direction plays a role: the path advances, the wheat stretches, the poplars rise and the clouds circulate.
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.
Horizontal-based structure
Field, wheat and sky overlap in wide bands. Poplars interrupt this stability and provide depth markers.
A path almost hidden in the grass
Its clear curve starts from the lower edge then narrows. It guides the eye without imposing a geometric perspective.
Surfaces worked with different touches
The foreground receives vertical lines, the wheat short and warm accents, the sky soft sweeps. The variety of gestures animates a very calm construction.
Reference image
Read this specific version
A single exact image of W676 is used throughout the sheet and as the sole media for the product. The real WebP measures 2560 × 2047 px and retains the native definition available.
Keep the curved path in the foreground
It should remain subtle but readable, as it organizes the depth of W676.
Preserve the strip of orange-pink wheat
It separates the greens from the sky and provides the essential warm contrast.
Keep poplar groups irregular
Their varied heights must punctuate the horizon without forming a uniform row.
Documented benchmarks
Three pieces of information specific to this work
The Museum Barberini documents Wheat Field as an oil on canvas signed and dated 1881, 65.7 × 82 cm, MB-Mon-09 inventory and Wildenstein catalog 676.
A work shown at the seventh impressionist exhibition
The painting appeared in 1882 at the Salon du Panorama in Reichshoffen under the title Sentier dans les bleés, which confirms the importance of the path in the motif.
A landscape from the end of your stay on the banks of the Seine
Monet resided in Vétheuil from 1878 to 1881. He painted the fields, islands and neighboring hillsides, observing the seasons and variations of light.
A work from the Hasso Plattner collection
Acquired for the Museum Barberini, it is exhibited in Potsdam under number MB-Mon-09 and is part of a major set of paintings by Monet.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- The Wildenstein 676 version
- The curved path in the foreground
- The hot strip of the wheat field
- Poplars and fine clouds
Work sheet
| Title | Wheat field W676 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1881 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 65.7 × 82 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Museum Barberini, Hasso Plattner collection, Potsdam, Germany |
| Inventory | MB-Mon-09 · Wildenstein 676 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
This horizontal landscape is suitable for a living room, dining room or office. A gray blue, sea green or light beige wall and a natural wood frame underline its balance.
