Branch of the Seine near Giverny (Bras de la Seine près de Giverny), 1897 by Claude Monet

Branch of the Seine near Giverny, painted by Claude Monet in 1897 belongs to the Mornings on the Seine series, a sustained cycle in which the painter worked from a flat-bottomed studio boat anchored where the Epte joins the Seine, capturing the same reach of river under the shifting mist and light of successive dawns. The canvas renders the water, overhanging willows, and poplar-lined banks in soft veils of blue and green, dissolving solid form into atmosphere. The series stands among Monet's most lyrical achievements and directly anticipates the great Nymphéas cycles of his final decades.

Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1897.

Branch of the Seine near Giverny (Bras de la Seine près de Giverny), 1897 by Claude Monet. Mornings on the Seine Wall Art Canvas Print.