À propos de l’œuvre
La prairie de Limetz près de Giverny, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · Limetz · 1888 · W1198
La Prairie de Limetz near Giverny W1198hand painted reproduction
A humid meadow unfolds under a luminous mist which almost erases the trees of Limetz and mixes the sky with the landscape. Painted near Giverny in 1888, this oil on canvas measuring 65 × 92 cm belongs to the Yoshino Gypsum collection, deposited at the Yamagata art museum, and corresponds to Wildenstein 1198.
Look at the work
Mist removes the horizon and turns the meadow into a sheet of light
The foreground is occupied by a vast expanse of fresh grass, crossed by horizontal touches of blue, green and white. In the background, a few trees and buildings barely emerge into the atmosphere.
Pale yellow, soft green, blue gray and pink create a deliberately low contrast accord. The boundaries dissolve: air, humidity and reflections become as important as the pattern itself.
Monet does not describe Limetz by his houses or his paths: he makes the place recognized through a passing condition, that of a morning where the mist absorbs distances.
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 horizon almost impossible to find
The boundary between the meadow and the sky is veiled by diffuse trees. This disappearance gives the horizontal format an atmospheric depth rather than geometric.
Horizontal keys in the foreground
Cold, clear lines stretch the grass widthwise and suggest moisture. They contrast with the very faded vertical shapes of the bottom.
A precise version of the prairies of 1888
W1198 is distinguished by its yellow-green range, its dense mist and the almost erased row of trees. It immediately precedes W1199 in the catalog raisonné.
Reference image
Read this specific version
Only one exact image of W1198 is used. The real WebP measures 474 × 333 px, best reliable public definition provided for this version, without artificial enlargement.
Maintain low contrast
The scene should not be artificially reinforced. Its strength lies in the gradual disappearance of shapes in humid air.
Preserve bruises in grass
They give the meadow its cold shine and prevent the greens from becoming uniform or decorative.
Keep the bottom trees barely legible
Their presence must remain uncertain. Drawing them too clearly would remove the mist effect that identifies W1198.
Documented benchmarks
Three pieces of information specific to this work
The Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation documents La Prairie de Limetz near Giverny, oil on canvas from 1888, 65 × 92 cm, deposited at the Yamagata Art Museum and listed as Wildenstein 1198.
Limetz, in the immediate vicinity of Giverny
Monet explores the meadows around his house and along the Epte, favoring a morning atmosphere here rather than a spectacular topographical landmark.
Yoshino Gypsum Collection
The work is part of the Japanese foundation and is on permanent deposit at the Yamagata Art Museum.
The transition from mist to luminous meadows
W1198 belongs to a small ensemble from 1888 where Monet observes the same terrain under different effects of humidity, sun and season.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- The Wildenstein 1198 version
- The yellow and gray mist
- The blue touches of the meadow
- The row of trees almost erased
Work sheet
| Title | La Prairie de Limetz near Giverny W1198 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1888 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 65 × 92 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Yoshino Gypsum Collection, on deposit at the Yamagata Art Museum, Yamagata, Japan |
| Inventory | Wildenstein 1198 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
This gentle landscape is suitable for a bedroom, living room or reading space. A very pale green, cream or pearl gray wall and a light frame extend its light.
