À propos de l’œuvre
Les pivotes, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · Giverny · 1887 · W1141
Peonies W1141hand painted reproduction
Red, pink and white peonies bloom in dense vegetation, under the horizontal lines of a garden structure. Painted in 1887, this oil on canvas measuring 72.2 × 99.5 cm is kept at the Geneva Museum of Art and History under number 1985-0029 and corresponds to Wildenstein 1141.
Look at the work
Peonies emerge like colorful fireplaces in the heart of the garden
The flowers extend in irregular groups in the lower half of the canvas. Their red and pink corollas stand out against deep vegetation, made of bluish greens, yellows and almost blacks. No isolated bouquet dominates: the gaze circulates from one flowering to another.
The vertical uprights and horizontal crosspieces of the garden structure introduce a discreet geometry behind the plants. Monet contrasts this stable frame with the free movement of stems, leaves and flowers, painted in quick touches and superimposed.
The subject is not a still life posed in front of a neutral background: the peonies remain in their living environment, mixed with the shade, the leaves and the construction of the garden.
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.
Organized flowering without symmetry
The red and pink masses are distributed at different heights. Their apparent imbalance gives the garden natural growth while guiding the view across the entire width.
A structure that frames the vegetation
The lines of the horizontal support and the uprights never become an autonomous architectural decor. They give a measure to the abundance of plants and structure depth.
Flowers built by contrast
Corollas are not drawn petal by petal. They emerge thanks to warm reds, light pinks and whites placed against dark greens.
Reference image
Read this specific version
Only one exact image of W1141 is used throughout the file. The real WebP measures 3,000 × 2,188 px, produced from the official file of the Geneva Museum of Art and History without artificial enlargement.
Maintain the dispersion of peony groups
Flowers do not form a regular border. Their discontinuous placement is essential to the sensation of a garden observed on the spot.
Preserve bluish greens in shade
Dark areas should not turn black. Shades of green and blue maintain depth and connect leaves to the garden structure.
Keep horizontal crosspieces visible
These discreet lines locate the flowers in a cultivated space and distinguish this composition from a simple floral study without context.
Documented benchmarks
Three pieces of information specific to this work
The Geneva Museum of Art and History preserves Peonies, oil on canvas from 1887, 72.2 × 99.5 cm, inventory 1985-0029 and Wildenstein 1141.
Peonies in museum documentation
The Geneva Museum of Art and History today identifies the work under the title Pivoines and the date 1887, in accordance with the Wildenstein 1141 catalog.
Deposit of the Jean-Louis Prevost Foundation in 1985
The painting is kept at the Geneva Museum of Art and History under number 1985-0029. The frame measures 89 × 114.8 × 4 cm.
A garden painted before the famous Water Lilies
Monet is already interested in the living organization of flowers, foliage and garden structures. This research announces the growing importance of Giverny in his work.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- The Wildenstein 1141 version
- Red, pink and white peonies
- The horizontal structure of the garden
- The title documented by the museum
Work sheet
| Title | Peonies W1141 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1887 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 72.2 × 99.5 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Geneva Museum of Art and History, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Inventory | 1985-0029 · Wildenstein 1141 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
This dense floral arrangement is suitable for a living room, bedroom or dining room. A deep green, powder pink or cream wall and a discreet frame underline the richness of its reds and foliage.
