A deliberately off-center composition
The vase does not occupy the axis and the bouquet extends mainly to the left. This apparent imbalance gives the pattern a more immediate presence.
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Artwork description
Claude Monet · 1881 - around 1920 · W626
A bouquet of pink and white mauves overflows from a green vase placed at the edge of a light table. The flowers disperse in front of an indeterminate background, blue, yellow and cream, where the shapes seem to dissolve. Monet began this great still life in 1881, kept it for around forty years in his workshop then took it back before signing and selling it around 1920. The oil on canvas measures 100.4 × 81.8 cm; it is kept at the Courtauld Gallery under the number P.1932.SC.275 and corresponds to Wildenstein 626.

Look at the work
The vase is offset to the right and seen from a slightly elevated point. The longest stem goes to the left, while the flowers in the center fan-shaped. This asymmetry avoids the frontal presentation of a traditional still life.
Purples are not defined by continuous contours. White, pink, lilac, green and blue are placed in thick touches and superimposed. The table and background receive the same light colors, so that bouquet, container and space respond to each other.
The difficulty of the painting becomes its strength: the flowers, the vase and the table seem both solidly painted and on the verge of blending into the light.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
The vase does not occupy the axis and the bouquet extends mainly to the left. This apparent imbalance gives the pattern a more immediate presence.
Courtauld reports that Monet returned to the web after several decades. Some leaves and petals show late material placed on an already old layer.
The irregular stems, open flowers and small green touches retain the abundant appearance of freshly picked plants.
Reference image
A single exact image of W626 is used throughout the listing and as the sole Shopify media. The real WebP measures 1,695 × 2,200 px and retains the native definition available.
Its dark mass anchors the bouquet without turning black or losing its blue-green reflections.
Side branches and clear intervals prevent flowers from forming a compact block.
The denser impasto of certain petals must remain visible, because they testify to the long genesis of W626.
Documented benchmarks
The Courtauld Gallery documents Vase of flowers, started in 1881 and taken up around 1920, oil on canvas of 100.4 × 81.8 cm, inventory P.1932.SC.275 and Wildenstein catalog 626.
Monet considers the bouquet difficult, leaves the painting unfinished then returns to it at the end of his life. Differences in material make this story perceptible.
The wild flower allows a free organization, made of branches, voids and petals which merge with the bottom.
Samuel Courtauld purchased the work in 1923. He then gave it to the collection which today bears the number P.1932.SC.275.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | W626 flower vase |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | Started in 1881, completed around 1920 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 100.4 × 81.8 cm |
| Orientation | Vertical |
| Conservation | Courtauld Gallery, London, United Kingdom |
| Inventory | P.1932.SC.275 · Wildenstein 626 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
This vertical still life is suitable for a living room, dining room or bedroom. A sage green, cream or gray blue wall and a matte gold frame accompany its palette without weighing it down.
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