Painting Collection Claude Monet Arm of the Seine near Giverny in the Fog ON VIEW French, 1840-1926 Claude Monet painted this picture as part of a series called Mornings on the Seine, a study of the changing atmospheric efects at dawn of this view of the river Seine, near his home in Giverny. While working on these paintings between 1896 and 1897, the French Impressionist artist woke up at 3:30 in the morning and boarded his small boat—his floating studio—to arrive at a particular spot to paint before sunrise. In this picture, the artist captures the misty, ethereal haze of dawn drenched in soft purples and blue hues. There is almost no separation between the tall trees and sky and their reflections, creating a weightlessness in the composition. |
  
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