À propos de l’œuvre
Les Peupliers, trois arbres roses, autumn, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · 1891 · Philadelphia · W1307
The Poplars, three pink trees, autumn W1307hand painted reproduction
Three pink and golden poplars rise out of the frame in front of a curve of autumn trees. The Epte reflects the blue of the sky and the foliage in discontinuous touches. This 92 × 73 cm vertical oil on canvas is kept at the Philadelphia Museum of Art under number 52186.
Look at the work
Three vertical trunks in front of an autumn curve
Nearby poplars divide the sky into large, irregular intervals. Their top is cut by the frame, which increases their height. Behind them, a lower row describes an arc then folds to the right, drawing the eye into depth.
Salmon pink, golden yellow and soft green warm the trunks against a purple-blue sky. The water takes on these tones with less clarity: the reflections break into small vertical touches, while the dark bank forms an oblique band between the landscape and its double.
W1307 unites two rhythms: the three trunks rise like columns, while the distant row and its reflections lead the gaze in curves.
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.
The Wildenstein 1307 version
The vertical format, the three large trunks and the pink autumn light identify the canvas of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It corresponds to number 1307 of the catalog raisonné.
Work carried out from a boat
In 1891, Monet traveled to the Epte in a small boat to choose his groups of trees and quickly follow the changes in light. He works on several canvases at once.
Trees preserved while painting
When the poplars need to be felled, Monet participates in their purchase with a lumber merchant so that they remain in place until the series is completed.
Reference image
Read this specific version
Only one image is used: the exact view of W1307, converted to a real WebP of 1967 × 2459 px at its native resolution, without artificial enlargement.
Three verticals that go out of the frame
Trunks should not be shortened to bring in the tops. Their interruption by the upper edge is essential to the impression of height.
A pink rather than orange autumn
The foliage mixes pink, mauve, yellow and green. Reproduction that is too orange would lose the blue freshness that envelops the trees and water.
Reflections without mechanical symmetry
The surface of the Epte shifts colors and fragments them. The duplicates of the trunks remain perceptible, but they must never become continuous or identical lines.
Documented benchmarks
Three pieces of information specific to this work
The Philadelphia Museum of Art preserves this oil on canvas from 1891, 92 × 73 cm, under number 52186; it is listed as Wildenstein 1307.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 52186
The museum notice retains the title Poplars, Three Trees in Autumn, translated into French as Les Peupliers, trois Arbres Roses, Autumn.
The Poplars of Epte, 1891
Monet varies the number of trees, distance, time and season in order to transform the same row into autonomous compositions.
Series exhibited at Durand-Ruel in February 1892
Around fifteen Poplars gathered in Paris, allowing the public to compare changes in color and structure from one canvas to another.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- The exact version of Philadelphia 52186 and Wildenstein 1307
- The original vertical format of 92 × 73 cm
- The three trunks cut by the upper edge
- The fresh pairing of pink, yellow, green and blue mauve
Work sheet
| Title | The Poplars, three pink trees, autumn W1307 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1891 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 92 × 73 cm |
| Orientation | Vertical |
| Conservation | Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, United States |
| Inventory | 52186 · Wildenstein 1307 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
This vertical composition is suitable for a narrow section of wall, an entrance or a space between two windows. Blonde oak, sage green, powder pink and gray blue extend its light without competing with trunks.
