A yellow fireplace without a closed edge
The star is built by contaminating yellows, ochres and greens. A uniform circle would remove the impression of light absorbed by vegetation.
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Artwork description
Claude Monet · 1914 -1926 · Orangery · INV 20103
A yellow sun sets fire to the reeds at the edge of the pool, then its light disperses among the greens, purples, turquoise and reds of the water. For six meters, Monet pushes the touch to a freedom that announces abstraction.

Look at the work
The yellow focus is to the left of the center, behind a mass of blue-green reeds. It is neither circular nor isolated: its light immediately mixes with grasses, pink reflections and brown areas which occupy the left half.
On the right, water lilies and turquoise reflections open up a cooler space. The composition therefore opposes a warm, vertical thrust to a horizontal, dark and changing body of water. The gestures remain visible, sometimes long, sometimes nervous or almost calligraphic.
Setting Sun does not describe a disk on the horizon: it paints the energy of light as it passes through reeds and breaks on the surface of the water.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.

The star is built by contaminating yellows, ochres and greens. A uniform circle would remove the impression of light absorbed by vegetation.
The reeds rise in vertical and nervous gestures; the water develops in horizontal lines and loops. Their meeting creates the main movement of the composition.
Turquoise, purple, red and yellow appear in a brown and green base. Reproduction must keep these colors intense without evenly lightening the whole.
Details and visual documents
The additional images show the difficult-to-read passages in the full view and, where it exists, the actual appearance of the work at the museum.


The Google Art Project scan of 8,714 × 2,892 px was reduced to 8,000 × 2,655 px; the detail measures 3,900 × 2,600 px. The official photograph of the room measures 850 × 595 px. No file has been enlarged; all three images are real WebPs.
Documented benchmarks
These facts concern this precise version and are verified from the notice of the institution which keeps it.
Painted between 1914 and 1926, this unique oil panel on canvas measures 200 × 600 cm. It is mounted on the west wall of the first Water Lilies room.
The museum's notice emphasizes the freedom of touch and the audacity of colors. This writing particularly struck the abstract painters of the 20th century.
Sunset belongs to the ensemble donated by Monet to the State. The rooms designed for the eight compositions were inaugurated at the Orangerie in 1927.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | Setting sun, Water Lilies |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1914 - 1926 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 200 × 600 cm |
| Orientation | Monumental panoramic panel |
| Conservation | Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, France |
| Inventory | INV 20103 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
Solar yellow, emerald green, purple, turquoise and deep brown give this reproduction spectacular strength. Its horizontal format is suitable for a large ivory, terracotta, dark green or midnight blue wall.
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