Title: Anémones en pot
Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 48.9 x 35.6 cm
Date Created: 1885
Description
This painting belongs to a group of at least forty canvases executed by Monet between 1882 and 1885 to decorate the Paris apartment of his dealer, Paul Durand-Ruel. Art historian Paul Tucker described the commission as a major preoccupation for the artist during those years, noting the works as “charming, lusciously painted, and often quite novel.” Thirty-six panels, including twenty-nine floral still-lifes and seven fruit subjects, were installed on six double doors in Durand-Ruel’s drawing room in 1885. The present work, depicting four terracotta pots filled with red, blue, and white anemones, was originally positioned at the bottom right of Door B. Together, these door panels represent Monet’s most sustained investigation of the still-life genre. Scholar John House observed that these explorations include “some of the most lavish still-lifes produced by the Impressionist group, and some of the most radical challenges to a long-standing still-life tradition.”
Monet received this ambitious commission in May 1882, a pivotal professional moment. Durand-Ruel’s renewed financial support transformed the artist’s circumstances, enabling his move to Giverny and funding extensive travels.
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Image Size: 970 KB
Image Format: JPG
Print Resolution: 300 dpi
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License: Public Domain, Free for Commercial Use
