À propos de l’œuvre
Le printemps, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · Giverny · 1890 · W1243
Spring in Giverny W1243hand painted reproduction
In Giverny, a clear meadow extends in front of a curtain of trees where the first leaves mix soft green, yellow and pink. A white house barely appears between the trunks, while a vast pale blue sky envelops the landscape. Signed and dated Claude Monet 90, this oil on canvas measuring 64.8 × 81 cm is kept at the Clark Art Institute under number 1955.616 and corresponds to Wildenstein 1243.
Look at the work
A spring without a central motif, built like a surface of color
The meadow forms a wide horizontal band in the lower third. Above, thin trees follow one another almost parallel to the plane of the canvas. The depth exists, but no path or watercourse leads to a vanishing point.
Pink and orange branches mingle with young greens in front of a milky blue sky. The white touches of the ground suggest flowers or bursts of light. The transitions are so close that the landscape seems to vibrate from one edge to the other.
Instead of leading the eye towards a monument or a distant horizon, Monet invites it to travel laterally across the meadow, trees and sky as a single living surface.
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 deliberately unaccented depth
The meadow strip and tree line encourage horizontal reading. The almost hidden house refuses to become a traditional focal point.
The season expressed by emerging colors
Yellow, pink and orange greens settle on the still light branches. Spring appears as a transitional state rather than fully formed foliage.
Varied gestures depending on the area
The meadow receives short, tight touches, the trunks vertical marks and the sky more supple sweeps. These rhythms unify the composition.
Reference image
Read this specific version
The Clark Art Institute's only reference image, 7,779 × 6,193 px, has been converted into a true 3,000 × 2,388 px WebP for detailed zoom.
Keep the house barely visible
Its white walls must remain fragmentary behind the trees and not become too clear an architectural center.
Preserve the clear strip of the meadow
The white and green touches should keep their variety and horizontality, without transforming into a regular pattern.
Keep the roses and yolks in the branches
These light colors carry the budding sensation and distinguish W1243 from a summer landscape.
Documented benchmarks
Three pieces of information specific to this work
The Clark Art Institute documents Spring in Giverny, oil on canvas from 1890, 64.8 × 81 cm, signed Claude Monet 90, inventory 1955.616 and catalog Wildenstein 1243.
The landscape around Monet's house
Established in the village since 1883, Monet explored the meadows, trees and nearby houses in 1890 before developing his major series.
An alternative to the traditional perspective
Clark's scientific catalog highlights the transverse movement created by the meadow and tree line, instead of a deep flight toward a central pattern.
Purchased in Durand-Ruel by Sterling Clark
Durand-Ruel kept the work from 1890 to 1933. Robert Sterling Clark acquired it in June 1933 before entering the museum in 1955.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- The Wildenstein 1243 version
- The horizontal meadow of Giverny
- The house hidden behind the trees
- Pink, yellow and green foliage
Work sheet
| Title | Spring in Giverny W1243 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1890 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 64.8 × 81 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, United States |
| Inventory | 1955.616 · Wildenstein 1243 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
This spring landscape is suitable for a living room, bedroom or office. A mist blue, soft green or ivory wall and a light frame accompany its light.
