The Ice Floes (Les Glaçons), c. 1880 by Claude Monet

The Ice Floes (Les Glaçons), painted by Claude Monet in 1880, shows broken slabs of ice drifting down the Seine near Vétheuil, framed by rows of bare poplars dissolving into a cold lavender-blue haze. Monet painted the scene after the brutal winter of 1879 to 1880, when the frozen river broke apart in a thunderous thaw that he recorded in a remarkable series of canvases. Created during a somber period following the death of his wife Camille, these hushed winter pictures are among the most poetic and atmospheric works of his Vétheuil years.

Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1880.

The Ice Floes (Les Glaçons), 1880 by Claude Monet. Impressionist Winter River Wall Art Canvas Print.