À propos de l’œuvre
Les niphalées, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · 1914 -1917 · Gunma 2383 · W1794
Water Lilies, Gunma Museum W1794hand painted reproduction
Large blue-green leaves float in the lower half, while the top opens with pink and blue highlights. In this vertical canvas from 1914 -1917 kept at the Gunma Museum, the surface of the pool completely fills the field. The water no longer separates the patterns: it brings together leaves, flowers, sky and reflected vegetation.
Look at the work
The large leaves rise from below in blue, green and pink water where all depth remains mobile
The water lilies in the foreground are wide, irregular and sometimes cut by the lower edge. Their green varies from turquoise to olive, with purple covers. A few pink and white flowers bring points of light without forming an alignment.
Higher up, the shapes disperse and the reflection becomes dominant. Blue and green vertical gestures cross a gray pink background, then break on contact with the leaves. The composition thus alternates dense areas and colored breathing.
The pool is no longer a mirror placed under the landscape: it becomes the entire landscape, crossed by several depths at the same time.
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 surface without shore or direct sky
The museum emphasizes that, in Water Lilies after 1905, water can fill the entire composition. Here, no external reference points set the distance; only the leaves allow space to be measured.
Large shapes anchored at the bottom
Nearby leaves are wider and more contrasting. Their scale sets up the foreground, while smaller patterns and light reflections move the top back.
Mixed colors without losing their direction
Blue and green often follow vertical gestures; pink circulates in the intervals. Preserving these orientations avoids a uniform decorative surface.
Reference image
Read this specific version
The single reference documentary image measures 864 × 1,200 px. It was converted into a real WebP without artificial enlargement; no false details were created for the zoom.
An open vertical composition
The 131.5 × 95.5 cm format raises the gaze from nearby leaves to a lighter area. The gaps between the patterns are essential for this progression.
Blue, green and pink in balance
No color should dominate alone. Cool tones give depth, while pink warms the water and distinguishes flowers from reflections.
Impasto concentrated on the patterns
Leaves and flowers require more material than water passages. This difference gives relief without transforming each shape into a thick outline.
Documented benchmarks
Three pieces of information specific to this work
This information concerns the Water Lilies of the Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, resource 2383 and Wildenstein 1794.
Gunma 2383, Wildenstein 1794
The museum dates this oil on canvas from 1914 -1917 and gives dimensions of 131.5 × 95.5 cm. The catalog raisonné records it under number 1794.
The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
The work belongs to the Gunma Prefectural Museum in Takasaki. Its collection base identifies it with resource 2383 and documents its original technique, oil on canvas.
Workshop stamp lower right
The national Art Platform Japan sheet indicates a workshop stamp in the lower right corner, consistent with the posthumous provenance of several large late paintings.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- The exact version of Gunma, resource 2383 and Wildenstein 1794
- The vertical ratio of 131.5 × 95.5 cm
- The large leaves at the bottom preserved distinct from vertical reflections
- The balance between blue, green, pink and purple without excessive saturation
Work sheet
| Title | Water Lilies, Gunma Museum W1794 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1914 - 1917 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 131.5 × 95.5 cm |
| Orientation | Vertical |
| Conservation | The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Takasaki, Japan |
| Inventory | 2383 · Wildenstein 1794 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
Water blue, turquoise green, olive, mist pink and soft purple give this vertical reproduction a fresh atmosphere. It goes well with a contemporary interior, light oak or ecru walls.
