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    ArtistClaude Monet
    Year1890–91
    MediumOil on canvas
    Dimensions60 cm × 100 cm (23⁵⁄₈ in × · 39³⁄₈ in)
    Monet's Mesmerizing Haystacks
    Monet's Mesmerizing Haystacks
    Claude Monet was a French painter who helped pioneer the Impressionist art movement in the 19th century. He loved to paint outdoors and capture the effects of light on his subjects.
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    Monet settled in Giverny in 1883. Most of his paintings from 1883 until his death 40 years later were of scenes within 3 kilometres (2 mi) of his home and gardens. Monet was intensely aware of and fascinated by the visual nuan… See more

    Series background

    The stacks depicted in the series are commonly referred to in English as hay, wheat or grain-stacks. In reality they stored sheafs of grain primarily for bread—so wheat [or possibly barley or oats]—and not hay, an animal food… See more

    Thematic issues

    Although the mundane subject was constant throughout the Haystack series, the underlying theme may be seen as the transience of light. This concept enabled Monet to use repetition to show nuances of perception … See more

    1888–1889 paintings

    From the 1888 harvest, Monet produced three canvases featuring two stacks each (Wildenstein #'s 1213–5) against the backdrop of hills along the left bank of the Seine and a few Giverny houses to the right. Then, he tu… See more

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