Haystacks, Effect of Snow and Sun (Meules, Effet de Neige et de Soleil), 1891 by Claude Monet

Haystacks, Effect of Snow and Sun, painted by Claude Monet in 1891 renders two grainstacks nearly dissolved into a blanket of winter mist, their forms softened by pale lavender and silvery-white light. Painted at Giverny during the same winter that produced his most famous stack canvases, it demonstrates Monet’s fascination with how snow and low sun could flatten color into near-abstraction.

Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1891.

Haystacks, Effect of Snow and Sun (Meules, Effet de Neige et de Soleil), 1891 by Claude Monet. Winter Impressionist Canvas Print.