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Artwork description
Claude Monet · Bennecourt · 1887 · W1125
Almost bare young trees raise their fine trunks in front of a winter landscape of muffled blues, greens and mauves. The square format narrows the view of an orchard or an edge, while the dark furrows in the foreground lead towards the barely perceptible houses of Bennecourt. Dated 1887, this oil on canvas measuring 81.5 × 81.5 cm is kept at the Columbus Museum of Art and corresponds to Wildenstein 1125.
Look at the work
Three main trees rise from the foreground and cross almost the entire height of the painting. Their thin branches stand out against a pale blue sky, without forming a closed silhouette. Further on, a succession of light trunks and purple shapes suggests a wooded depth rather than a panoramic view.
The olive green ground is crossed by brown, purple and dark blue lines which converge towards the center. These diagonals give movement to the square composition. In the background, the hills and buildings remain deliberately indecisive, absorbed by a cold light which unites the landscape.
Monet chooses a time when the trees are neither completely bare nor already deciduous: their network of branches becomes a transparent structure through which the countryside remains visible.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
The almost perfectly square format limits the impression of panorama. The viewer finds himself in front of a fragment of land, placed close enough to the trees so that their trunks become the main axes of the composition.
The furrows in the foreground do not converge academically. They cross and change color, but their general orientation still leads the gaze towards the light area of the center.
The blue of the sky passes through the branches and shadows, while the yellow greens of the terrain retain a warmer light. The contrast remains discreet and corresponds to the atmosphere of a transitional season.
Reference image
A single exact image of W1125 is used throughout the file and as the sole media for the product. The real WebP measures 2,284 × 2,272 px, converted from the public file of the same definition without artificial enlargement.
Trees must remain slender and irregular. Contours that are too thick or uniform would transform them into a grid and remove the transparency of the undergrowth.
The hills and houses are not gray. Their lilac, pink and blue notes create atmospheric recoil and avoid a sudden separation from the sky.
The lines of the ground structure the perspective, but they must remain integrated into the vegetation. Faithful reproduction maintains their fragmented character and brush material.
Documented benchmarks
The Columbus Museum of Art presents View of Bennecourt, also known as Trees in Winter: View of Bennecourt, an 1887 square oil on canvas, listed as Wildenstein 1125.
Monet has known this part of the valley since his youthful stays. In 1887, he returned to the area around Bennecourt and Bonnières to study the trees, sloping terrain and seasonal changes.
The village remains almost invisible. The real subject is the relationship between the closely spaced trunks, the ground covered with furrows and the blue countryside which appears throughout.
The format of 81.5 × 81.5 cm gives the same importance to vertical and horizontal movements. The trees thus respond to the oblique lines of the terrain in a particularly tight balance.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | View of Bennecourt W1125 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1887 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 81.5 × 81.5 cm |
| Orientation | Square |
| Conservation | Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, United States |
| Inventory | Wildenstein 1125 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
This calm work is suitable for an office, bedroom or living room with natural materials. An off-white, gray blue or olive green wall and a light oak frame extend its winter sobriety.
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