À propos de l’œuvre
Champ d'avoine aux coquilles, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · Giverny · around 1890 · W1258
Poppy oat field W1258hand painted reproduction
A field of oats strewn with poppies extends under a pink and blue sky, closed on the right by a large dark tree. This oil on canvas measuring 65 × 92 cm, painted around 1890, is kept at the MAMCS in Strasbourg under number 55.974.0.683 and corresponds to Wildenstein 1258.
Look at the work
The glowing field remains open under a vast late summer sky
The field occupies the entire lower half without path or figure. The poppies disperse in red touches; a very low line of groves separates the earth from the sky.
The large tree on the right edge acts as a counterweight. Its cold mass concentrates contrasts, while the rest of the landscape remains clear, horizontal and wide open.
W1258 vibrates an almost uniform expanse thanks to the differences in density: red flowers, distant groves and dark foliage of the right edge.
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 landscape organized by bands
The field, the line of trees and the sky form three horizontal zones. The large foliage breaks this stability and gives direction to the gaze.
Poppies painted like accents
The flowers are not drawn one by one. Their frequency, decreasing size and orange-red are enough to move the field back.
The Strasbourg canvas
The dimensions of 65 × 92 cm, inventory 55.974.0.683 and Wildenstein 1258 identify this version among five close views painted in Giverny.
Reference image
Read this specific version
Only one reference image is used. The high definition photograph of the framed work is converted into a real WebP of 3,000 × 2,252 px, without artificial enlargement.
A tree cut by the frame
The foliage enters from the top and the right. This asymmetrical framing must be preserved to maintain the tension of the composition.
Reds in muted harmony
The poppies remain lively but scattered among ochres, greens and mauves. Uniform saturation would destroy the atmospheric effect.
A material observable in the framed view
The unique high-definition photograph shows the work in its frame at the museum and makes the texture of the canvas and the brush covers legible.
Documented benchmarks
Three pieces of information specific to this work
The Mona Lisa database documents Oat field with poppies, oil on canvas around 1890, 65 × 92 cm, inventory 55.974.0.683 and Wildenstein 1258.
Five views of the Giverny fields
During the summer of 1890, Monet took up a similar framing in order to study the changes in light and maturity of the field.
Signed Claude Monet
The signature is at the bottom left; the date 1890 is written on the chassis.
Entered the museum in 1948
The work was purchased in Paris in 1948 for the Strasbourg collections and today bears inventory 55,974.0.683.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- Version 55.974.0.683, Wildenstein 1258
- Poppies distributed in oats
- The big dark tree on the right edge
- The pink and blue sky wide open
Work sheet
| Title | Poppy oat field W1258 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | around 1890 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 65 × 92 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Strasbourg, France |
| Inventory | 55.974.0.683 · Wildenstein 1258 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
This horizontal landscape is suitable for a bedroom or living room. An ivory wall, light oak and touches of coral, sage green or mauve take up the palette without overloading it.
