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Vue de Ventimiglia W878 par Claude Monet, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
  • Vue de Ventimiglia W878 par Claude Monet, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
  • Vue de Ventimiglia W878 par Claude Monet, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
View of Ventimiglia W878 - Claude Monet

View of Ventimiglia W878 - Claude Monet

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Claude Monet · Bordighera and Ventimiglia · 1884 · W878

View of Ventimiglia W878hand painted reproduction

From the surroundings of Bordighera, Monet looks towards Ventimiglia and the Maritime Alps. The sea forms a cobalt blue band between nearby yellow and green foliage, and a mountain range whose blues dissolve in the air. The town appears in small light touches on the right slope, almost absorbed by the landscape. Signed and dated "Claude Monet 84" at the bottom right, this oil on canvas measuring 65.1 × 91.7 cm is kept in Kelvingrove under the number 2336. It corresponds to Wildenstein 878.

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View of Ventimiglia W878Claude Monet · 1884
1884Dating
65.1 × 91.7 cmDimensions of the original
Oil on canvasOriginal technique
2336 · Wildenstein 878Inventory
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Look at the work

The Riviera is spread out in three colorful depths: nearby foliage, compact sea and mountains that have become almost as light as the sky

The foreground is occupied by a screen of shrubs whose greens are crossed by lemon yellows, ochres and blues. This vegetation cuts the coast and prevents a conventional panoramic reading. On the right only, a few white and pink facades lead towards Ventimiglia.

The sea is painted as an intense and relatively uniform strip, but its edge is tinged with turquoise. Beyond that, the mountains gradually lighten: ultramarine blue near the coast, lavender and white in the distant ridges. The sky takes on the same blues in large open touches.

The National Inventory notice specifies that Monet wanted to work alone after his first Mediterranean trip with Renoir. His stay in 1884, planned for one month, lasted three months and produced forty-five paintings, including this dated view of Ventimiglia.

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.

01

The nearby foliage deliberately hides the path with its gaze

Instead of offering an open viewpoint, Monet places a plant mass in front of the sea. This obstruction gives immediate depth and makes the discovery of the city a discreet event.

02

The blue of the sea creates a stable hinge

Between the fragmented foreground and the misty mountains, the marine band brings a denser color and a horizontal rhythm. It maintains the balance of this very open composition.

03

Distance is built by the progressive loss of contrast

The nearby leaves are bright and separate; the city and the mountains come together in values. The distant chain retains its shape without hard outline, as if crossed by light.

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Composition01

Keep the foreground rich but not decorative

The yellows and greens must form credible masses of foliage. Too regular repetition of the keys would transform the plant screen into an ornamental pattern.

Color02

Preserve the deep blue sea strip

It should neither rise too high nor merge with the sky. Its saturation gives their full distance to the pale mountains and the houses of Ventimiglia.

Matter03

Keep the city at the limit of readability

The facades are present on the right slope, but they remain small and mixed with the rock. Excessive architectural detail would move the subject toward the city instead of the atmosphere.

Documented benchmarks

Three pieces of information specific to this work

The National Inventory and Glasgow Museums document View of Ventimiglia, oil on canvas from 1884, 65.1 × 91.7 cm, inventory 2336 and Wildenstein catalog 878.

Campaign01

One of the forty-five paintings from the Mediterranean stay of 1884

Monet returns to the Riviera alone in January and works until spring. He looks for patterns where palm trees, olive trees, sea and mountains force his palette to respond to a new light.

Registration02

Signed and dated Claude Monet 84 lower right

The inscription confirms the date and distinguishes W878 from another View of Ventimiglia, W879, kept in a private collection and built with a different foreground.

Provenance03

Presented in Glasgow by the Hamilton Trustees in 1943

Durand-Ruel owned the painting in 1888. After several visits between Paris, New York and London, the Hamilton Trustees acquired it from Arthur Tooth and Sons and donated it to the museum. It was notably exhibited in Venice in 1897.

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What the painter must preserve

Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.

  • Wildenstein version 878 and inventory 2336
  • The signature and date Claude Monet 84 lower right
  • The yellow-green foliage that closes the foreground
  • The cobalt band of the sea and the lavender blue maritime Alps

Work sheet

Title View of Ventimiglia W878
Artist Claude Monet (1840 -1926)
Date 1884
Original technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions 65.1 × 91.7 cm
Orientation Horizontal
Conservation Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Inventory 2336 · Wildenstein 878
Your reproduction Handmade oil painting on canvas
Consult the instructions, provenance and exhibitions - National Inventory of Continental European Paintings · 2336

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This bright view is suitable above a sofa, bed or base unit. An off-white, pale blue or olive green wall and a natural wood frame accompany the Mediterranean depth.

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