Ile aux Fleurs near Vetheuil by Monet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2009

Title: Île aux Fleurs near Vétheuil

Artist: Claude Monet (French, Paris 1840–1926 Giverny)

Date: 1880

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 26 x 32 in. (66 x 81.3 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Bequest of Julia W. Emmons, 1956

Accession Number: 56.135.5

This is one of two views of the Île aux Fleurs, an island in the Seine near Vétheuil, that Monet painted in the summer of 1880. The other, slightly larger version is in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. A variety of formal problems engaged the artist's attention during this period. Here the rapid, flickering brushstrokes create a strong pattern in the foreground that diminishes the illusion of space and emphasizes the abstract character of the painted surface.


Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437138