Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Stacks of Wheat (Sunset, Snow Effect).Claude Claude , Albert 1899-1983. Belgian-born American biologist who was among the first to use the electron microscope for biological research. He shared a 1974 Nobel Prize for developing methods of separating and analyzing cell components. Monet (French, 1840-1926). Stacks of Wheat (Sunset, Snow Effect), 1890-91. Oil on canvas, 25 11/16 x 39 9/16" (65 x 100 cm). The Art Institute of Chicago Art Institute of Chicago, museum and art school, in Grant Park, facing Michigan Ave. It was incorporated in 1879; George Armour was the first president. Since 1893 the Institute has been housed in its present building, designed in the Italian Renaissance style by , 1922.431. Monet's series Stacks of Wheat was about time and color, and about the way natural forms and light interact. In this series, Monet captured instantaneous in·stan·ta·ne·ous adj. 1. Occurring or completed without perceptible delay: Relief was instantaneous. 2. moments in natural cycles of day and evening and of the seasons. Monet painted these images outdoors rather than in the studio as many previous artists had done. Monet set up several easels outdoors, moving from one to another as the light changed. This process allowed him to create some thirty paintings of stacks of wheat in the fall and winter of 1890 to 1891. In Stack of Wheat (Sunset, Snow Effect), the field and hills are covered in snow. Monet saw blue, lavender lavender, common name for any plant of the genus Lavandula, herbs or shrubby plants of the family Labiatae (mint family), most of which are native to the Mediterranean region but naturalized elsewhere. The true lavender (L. , and pink within the icy whiteness, making a dazzling, almost fiery, otherworldly scene. The expressive painting and abstractness of the forms lead the viewer to feel the mood of the day, the temperature, and the grace of the colors. Submitted by Erin Erin (ĕr`ĭn, ēr`–), ancient and poetic name of Ireland. Hersher, e-learning coordinator, Department of Museum Education, The Art Institute of Chicago. |
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