The Young Ladies of Giverny, Sun Effect (Les Demoiselles de Giverny, effet de soleil), 1894 by Claude Monet

The Young Ladies of Giverny, Sun Effect, painted by Claude Monet in 1894, gathers a row of young women in pale dresses across a sunlit field, their upright forms echoing the stacked silhouettes of his celebrated haystacks so closely that, from a distance, the figures themselves seem to dissolve into golden stooks of grain. Painted at Giverny in the vibrant, fluid brushwork of his mature Impressionist practice, the work is a rare instance of Monet integrating human presence into a composition otherwise built on his signature repeated forms and shifting light.

Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1894.

The Young Ladies of Giverny, Sun Effect (Les Demoiselles de Giverny, effet de soleil), 1894 by Claude Monet. Pastoral Impressionist Wall Art Canvas Print.