À propos de l’œuvre
Sous les peupliers, effet de soleil, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · plaine des Essarts · 1887 · W1136
Under the W1136 poplarshand painted reproduction
Two young figures cross a dazzling meadow of poppies under a row of poplars. Germaine Hoschedé advances in the center, enveloped in brown and pink tones, while a son of Monet appears further to the left. Painted in 1887, this oil on canvas measuring 73 × 92 cm is kept at the Museum Barberini under the number MB-Mon-23 and corresponds to Wildenstein 1136.
Look at the work
A summer walk in the poppy light
The meadow occupies more than half of the canvas, covered with almost pure reds, yellows and greens. The two figures barely emerge from the flowers: Germaine places herself slightly to the right of the center, while the second, smaller character stands near the two thin poplars on the left.
A row of saplings rises on the right and cuts out the bluish-white sky. Their vertical trunks connect the meadow to the foliage, while a chain of purple hills gently closes the horizon. The light remains clear and without heavy shade.
Walkers do not dominate the scene: they belong to the same network of touches as flowers and trees, as if summer light absorbed any distinction between figure and landscape.
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 vertical rhythm created by young poplars
The fine trunks follow one another irregularly, with a dense group on the right and two isolated trees on the left. They give momentum to a largely horizontal composition.
Red as energy in the foreground
Poppies do not form a uniform band. Their scattered accents cross the yellow and green meadow, leading the gaze to Germaine then towards the line of the hills.
Figures integrated by color
The clothes reflect the browns, pinks, greens and blues of the landscape. Their deliberately summary design avoids any portrait effect and maintains the unity of the atmosphere.
Reference image
Read this specific version
A single exact image of W1136 is used throughout the file and as the sole media for the product. The real WebP measures 2,500 × 1,985 px, converted from the official Museum Barberini image without artificial enlargement.
Keep Germaine slightly to the right of center
Its vertical silhouette dialogues with the trees and serves as a human landmark. However, it must remain absorbed by the touches of the field.
Preserve the two isolated poplars on the left
They balance the large tree group on the right and frame the second character. Their finesse is a distinctive element of W1136.
Keep the hills very pale purple
This discreet strip separates the meadow from the sky without closing the space. Too dark a color would weigh down the light light of the summer day.
Documented benchmarks
Three pieces of information specific to this work
The Museum Barberini documents Under the Poplars, oil on canvas from 1887, 73 × 92 cm, signed and dated Claude Monet 87, inventory MB-Mon-23 and Wildenstein 1136.
The Essarts plain between the Epte and the Seine
Monet painted this meadow in the vicinity of Giverny. The abundantly flowered field and the young poplars allow him to simultaneously study the rhythm of the trunks and the brightness of the full sun.
Germaine Hoschedé and one of Monet's sons
The Museum Barberini identifies the young woman in the center as Germaine, daughter of Alice Hoschedé. The boy further to the left would be Jean or Michel Monet.
A work probably shown with Rodin at Georges Petit
The museum indicates that W1136 and its composition close to Stuttgart were probably presented during the Monet-Rodin exhibition organized in Paris in 1889.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- The Wildenstein 1136 version
- Germaine Hoschedé in the center
- The second character near the trees on the left
- The yellow meadow punctuated with red poppies
Work sheet
| Title | Under the W1136 poplars |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1887 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 73 × 92 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Germany |
| Inventory | MB-Mon-23 · Wildenstein 1136 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
This bright landscape is suitable for a living room, dining room or bedroom. A cream, pale green or gray blue wall and a natural setting extend its summer light.
