Still Life with Pheasants and Plovers (Nature morte, faisans et pluviers), c. 1879 by Claude Monet

Still Life with Pheasants and Plovers (Nature morte, faisans et pluviers), painted by Claude Monet in 1879 lays a brace of glossy pheasants and small plovers across a rumpled white cloth against a plain shadowed ground. Monet renders the birds with rich, dark plumage shot through with copper and green, their limp forms caught in a cool, even studio light. A relatively rare excursion into traditional still life, the picture shows the Impressionist testing his eye against the sober game-piece tradition of Chardin and the old masters.

Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1879.

Still Life with Pheasants and Plovers (Nature morte, faisans et pluviers), c. 1879 by Claude Monet. Impressionist Game Still Life Wall Art Canvas Print.