Monthly Archives: July 2014

The Summer Poppy Field

This is a plein air painting, which is painted by French Impressionist artist Claude Oscar Monet in 1875. At the time, Monet’s oil painting created a fascinating movement which single-handedly transformed French paintings throughout the nineteenth century till the next … Continue reading

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Young Family Walking in Poppies At Argenteuil by Monet

The red, red flowers, the green, green trees, the blue blue sky, the white, white clouds, what a beautiful countryside scenery in the end of the spring! This impression was created by the founder of French Impressionist painting--- Claude Oscar … Continue reading

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A Wheatfield on a Summer's Afternoon 1942

This painting was created by a Russian-born French artist Marc Chagall, who was considered to be the last survivor of the first generation of European modernists, a pioneer of modernism and several decades later he had also been respected as the … Continue reading

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