Claude Monet,
"The Magpie"
1869
“This painting of a place in the countryside near
Etretat, executed on the spot, uses very unusual pale, luminous colours. The novelty and daring of Monet's approach explain
the painting's rejection by the jury of the 1869 salon.”
Musee d’Orsay
Paris,
France
I very much love this one.
ReplyDeleteSarah, I do too. I saw it in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1995 as part of a traveling exhibit; pure luck in timing. In real life, the colors are stunning. Simply beautiful.
DeleteI want to go to Etretat. I wonder if it MEANS anything. Etre is "to be" en Francais. I sure would like "to be" right there in that snowy light. Thanks for sharing.
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