À propos de l’œuvre
Champ de coquelicots, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · Vétheuil · 1881 · W677
Poppy field W677hand painted reproduction
A Vétheuil meadow opens under a vast sky covered with clouds. The poppies do not form a regular sheet: their red touches emerge in groups in the grass, while a clear path leads the eye towards the trees and houses in the distance. Signed and dated Claude Monet 81, this oil on canvas measuring 58 × 79 cm is kept at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam under number 2611 (MK) and corresponds to Wildenstein 677.
Look at the work
An open meadow where red measures depth
The foreground is an expanse of green, yellow and brown grass crossed by an oblique gap. The nearest poppies are broad vermilion accents; they become smaller and more spaced apart as the ground rises towards the trees.
The sky occupies almost half of the canvas. Its pale blues, chalky whites and purple grays respond to the folded greens of the field. The low horizon line lets the light breathe and gives the landscape its tranquil breadth.
The floral pattern is never decorative: the size and spacing of the red touches become a real distance scale in the middle of the meadow.
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.
Poppies as spatial landmarks
Nearby flowers are laid in thick, distinct touches, then contract toward the bottom. Monet thus constructs depth without grid or precise contours.
Only a suggested path
An area of lighter grass crosses the field diagonally. This breathing leads towards the grove and prevents the foreground from becoming a uniform surface.
A moving sky above stable ground
The clouds are brushed in several directions, while the field keys follow the slope more. The contrast of gestures animates the scene without making it stormy.
Reference image
Read this specific version
The single reference image comes from a Google Art Project file of 5,209 × 3,809 px. It was encoded as a real WebP of 3,000 × 2,194 px, without artificial enlargement.
Preserve the intervals between the reds
Poppies should remain irregular accents, with areas of grass visible between them, not a continuous floral stripe.
Preserve the large part reserved for heaven
The low horizon line and cloud volume are essential to the particular balance of W677.
Keep the greens tinged with yellow and brown
The meadow must not become a flat, clear green: its warm variations reflect the light and relief of the land.
Documented benchmarks
Three pieces of information specific to this work
The Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen documents Poppy Field, oil on canvas from 1881, 58 × 79 cm, signed and dated Claude Monet 81, inventory 2611 (MK) and Wildenstein catalog 677.
A motif of the campaign around Vétheuil
Monet lived in Vétheuil from 1878 to 1881. The fields, hillsides and banks of the Seine then provided him with motifs observed directly in the open air.
Entered with the DG van Beuningen collection
The painting joined the Rotterdam Museum in 1958 with the important collection of the industrialist and patron Daniël George van Beuningen.
Claude Monet 81 lower left
The signature and date belong to this specific version. They make it possible to distinguish W677 from other poppy fields painted by Monet.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- The Wildenstein 677 version
- The poppies distributed in depth
- The clear gap in the meadow
- The cloudy sky above Vétheuil
Work sheet
| Title | Poppy field W677 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1881 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 58 × 79 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Inventory | 2611 (MK) · Wildenstein 677 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
This bright meadow is suitable for a living room, bedroom or dining room. An ivory, sage green or pale blue wall and a natural wood frame extend its country tones.
