Champ de Coquelicots (Field of Poppies), c. 1881 by Claude Monet

Champ de Coquelicots, painted by Claude Monet in 1881, presents a wide summer meadow scattered with wild scarlet poppies beneath a pale, overcast sky, a solitary tree breaking the horizon at the field’s edge. Working in muted greens and grays punctuated by small dabs of red, Monet captured the subject during his years at Vétheuil, when poppy fields recurred as one of his favored motifs. The painting’s quiet, atmospheric palette reflects the softer light of an overcast day, distinct from the more vividly sunlit poppy fields of his earlier Argenteuil years.

Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1881.

Champ de Coquelicots (Field of Poppies), 1881 by Claude Monet. Poppy Field Wall Art Canvas Print.