À propos de l’œuvre
Le débit, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · circa 1914 -1917 · National Gallery NG6383 · W1829
Iris, National Gallery NG6383 W1829hand painted reproduction
A clear path crosses large sheets of blue and purple irises seen almost vertically. Monet chooses a two-meter format and a plunging viewpoint that could correspond to the Japanese bridge in his garden in Giverny. The flowers are not isolated one by one: they blend into green, turquoise and mauve gestures, while the white preparation remains visible between several passages.
Look at the work
The path winds between the irises and gives a supple depth to an almost entirely vertical composition
The path starts from the lower area, contracts in the middle then goes up to the left. Its whites are mixed with beige, pink and blue. The plant borders encroach on its contours, so that the path remains readable without becoming a rigid line which would cut the canvas in two.
The irises are organized into changing masses. The upper groups are tighter, while the gestures of the lower part rotate and disperse. The flowers are born from a few blue or purple accents placed on the foliage; this economy of detail lets the material of the brush play as important a role as the subject.
Perspective is given by the driveway, but color transforms the garden into a free surface where every gesture remains visible.
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 dive that removes the horizon
Neither the sky nor the distant line of the garden appears. The viewer looks at the ground and flowers from a high point, bringing the composition of a plant carpet closer together without abolishing depth.
The path painted before its borders
The National Gallery observes that Monet laid the driveway before passing the flowers and foliage over its boundaries. These overlaps are essential to maintain the spontaneity of the whole.
Fully active white reserves
Several areas of clear preparation remain visible, particularly between rapid movements. They reinforce the light and breathing of the painting; covering them evenly would weigh down the composition.
Reference image
Read this specific version
The only available reference image measures 601 × 800 px. It has been kept at its native definition and encoded in real WebP, without artificial enlargement.
A large central curve
The path forms an S-shaped movement that guides the gaze from bottom to top. It separates the massifs while connecting their colors through pink, gray and bluish passages.
Purple, blue and green under white light
Irises range from warm mauve to cool blue. The greens become sometimes yellow, sometimes turquoise, and the light preparation maintains shine between saturated tones.
Fast execution on a large scale
Long, flowing marks keep the speed of work. Oil reproduction should preserve their direction and width instead of transforming flowers into carefully drawn patterns.
Documented benchmarks
Three pieces of information specific to this work
This information relates to the Iris of the National Gallery, inventory NG6383 and Wildenstein number 1829.
National Gallery NG6383, W1829
This monumental oil on canvas measures 200.7 × 149.9 cm. The museum places it around 1914 -1917, during Monet's intensive return to the large formats of Giverny.
About twenty iris views
The London notice links the work to a set of around twenty paintings devoted to garden irises, observed under different frames and with varying degrees of completion.
Purchased in 1967
The National Gallery acquired the painting in 1967 from the Katia Granoff gallery. It previously came from Michel Monet, the artist's son, and remained in the studio after the painter's death.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- The exact version of London, NG6383 and Wildenstein 1829
- The original vertical format of 200.7 × 149.9 cm
- The clear curve of the path held under the flowery borders
- The white reserves preserved between the purple, blue and green gestures
Work sheet
| Title | Iris, National Gallery NG6383 W1829 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | around 1914 -1917 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 200.7 × 149.9 cm |
| Orientation | Vertical |
| Conservation | The National Gallery, London, United Kingdom |
| Inventory | NG6383 · Wildenstein 1829 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
Iris violet, deep blue, turquoise, foliage green and warm white create an intense plant presence. This large vertical format is suitable for an entrance, high wall or narrow space lit sideways.
