A diagonal imposed by vegetation
Trees do not rise vertically. Their lateral thrust directs the gaze to the right and reflects the pressure of the mistral without resorting to a narrative scene.
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Artwork description
Claude Monet · Antibes · 1888 · W1176
A clump of trees and shrubs leans over a blue-green sea stirred by the mistral, while the pale Alps close the horizon. Painted during Monet's stay in Antibes in 1888, this oil on canvas measuring 66 × 81.3 cm is kept at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston under number 42.542 and corresponds to Wildenstein 1176.

Look at the work
The first plant plane starts from the lower edge and rises to the left of the center. The fine trunks, oblique branches and stretched foliage give a direction to the wind. A small light sail appears beyond, isolated in the maritime space.
Olive green, dark blue, purple and brown enliven the trees; turquoise, cobalt and white fragment the sea. The distant mountains are painted in much lighter pinks and blues, so that depth arises mainly from a change in temperature and intensity.
Monet does not paint the wind as an invisible event: he makes it perceptible by the direction of the branches, the nervousness of the keys and the contrast between the first dry plane and the moving sea.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
Trees do not rise vertically. Their lateral thrust directs the gaze to the right and reflects the pressure of the mistral without resorting to a narrative scene.
The blues, greens and whites remain distinct. Their irregular rhythm suggests a wind-lift surface rather than a calm, reflective body of water.
The mountain range is visible but deliberately not very contrasting. Monet integrates it into the sky to accentuate the colorful proximity of the trees and the distance from the continent.
Reference image
Only one exact image of W1176 is used throughout the file. The real WebP measures 1,600 × 1,304 px, the best reliable public definition identified for this version, preserved without artificial enlargement.
Their apparent imbalance is essential to the pattern. Straightening them would remove the mistral sensation which gives the canvas its title.
Shadows are not black. Purple, blue and brown enrich plant masses and connect them to mountains as well as the sea.
This light shape remains tiny in the bay. It measures space and brings a point of calm amid the more nervous touches of the foreground.
Documented benchmarks
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston preserves Cap d'Antibes, Mistral, oil on canvas from 1888, 66 × 81.3 cm, inventory 42,542 and Wildenstein 1176.
Monet settles near Antibes and works in front of a light that he considers difficult to translate. He returns to several motifs to observe variations in time.
The museum says Monet paints three compositions centered on this group of trees. W1176 associates precisely this motif with the force of the mistral.
The painting joins the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston under number 42.542. It belongs to Monet's remarkable collection of landscapes preserved by the museum.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | In Cap d'Antibes, in mistral wind W1176 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1888 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 66 × 81.3 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Inventory | 42,542 · Wildenstein 1176 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
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