À propos de l’œuvre
Sous les peupliers, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · plaine des Essarts · 1887 · W1135
Under the poplars, sun effect W1135hand painted reproduction
A woman walks with an umbrella in the middle of a field punctuated with poppies, accompanied by a child placed slightly behind. On the right, a row of poplars rises into a pale sky and envelops the scene in vibrant light. Painted in 1887, this oil on canvas measuring 74.3 × 93 cm is kept at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart under the number GVL 16 and corresponds to Wildenstein 1135.
Look at the work
Two walkers cross a field of poppies under the poplars
The main figure is placed near the lower edge, in the center, while the child appears smaller on his left. Both silhouettes are absorbed by grasses and flowers. On the right, the trees form a rising mass which contrasts with the large opening of the sky on the left.
The reds of the poppies cross the yellow and green field in discontinuous accents. Blue, purple and green build the foliage; pink, cream and light gray soften the sky. The thousands of distinct touches come together at a distance in an atmosphere of full sun.
The walk is not told as an event: the characters become elements of the landscape, caught in the same luminous vibration as the grasses, flowers and trees.
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 composition balanced by emptiness and fullness
The large clear sky opens to the left, while the group of poplars concentrates the colors to the right. The figures placed at the bottom connect these two areas.
Characters integrated into the vegetation
The dress, umbrella and child are indicated by colored touches rather than precise contours. Their presence remains readable while participating in the rhythm of the field.
A light produced by juxtaposition
The Staatsgalerie highlights the role of thousands of pure color traits. Their interaction forms the composition and gives the impression of a landscape entirely crossed by the sun.
Reference image
Read this specific version
Only one exact image of W1135 is used throughout the file. The real WebP measures 2024 × 1654 px, the best reliable public definition identified for this version of the Staatsgalerie, preserved without artificial enlargement.
Keep the woman in the lower center
Its silhouette and parasol give a human measure to the field. It must remain partially mixed with the poppies, without becoming a detailed portrait.
Preserve the big pale sky on the left
This lightly loaded space makes the composition breathe and increases the height effect of the poplars grouped on the right.
Keep poppies as scattered accents
The reds do not form a continuous carpet. Their irregular distribution animates the foreground and gradually leads towards walkers.
Documented benchmarks
Three pieces of information specific to this work
The Staatsgalerie Stuttgart documents Felder im Frühling, known in French as Under the Poplars, Sun Effect, Oil on Canvas from 1887, 74.3 × 93 cm, inventory GVL 16 and Wildenstein 1135.
The Essarts plain, between the Epte and the Seine
Monet discovered this motif in the vicinity of Giverny. The poplars, fields and light of the plain nourish several compositions from 1887.
A woman with an umbrella accompanied by a child
The figures remain deliberately summary and integrated into the meadow. They enliven the landscape without interrupting the study of light and color.
Loan from the Friends of the Staatsgalerie since 1906
The work is numbered GVL 16. The Staatsgalerie presents it under the German title Felder im Frühling, or Fields in Spring.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- The Wildenstein 1135 version
- The woman with the parasol in the center
- The child slightly behind
- Poppies and poplars bathed in sunlight
Work sheet
| Title | Under the poplars, sun effect W1135 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1887 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 74.3 × 93 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany |
| Inventory | GVL 16 · Wildenstein 1135 |
| 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 dining room. A cream, soft green or pale blue wall and a natural setting extend its soft light.
