Flowers at Vetheuil Claude Oscar Monet (1840-1926)

Description of Claude Monet’s painting Flowers

One of the most distinguished and truly great impressionist painters of France, to this day, is Claude Monet. He was inspired by flowers, he grew flowers, he admired flowers, and of course, of course, he painted them.

Whatever his periods of creativity, the one thing that remained constant throughout his life was an unusually strong love of flowers. What is remarkable, they were mostly flowers that grew in the ground, whether in the garden, or in the field, of course there are pictures in which he painted and flowers that are cut and put in a vase, but these are quite a few, compared to the rest of the collection.

Flowers have always been his constant passion. Monet believed that in this life there is nothing more beautiful in the world, except two things, the first is of course the painting and the second is certainly gardening, and Monet quite successfully combined the two.

That’s why the world saw such beautiful paintings, which are included in the albums called Flowers in a Vase or Flowers and Fruits. What can I say, flowers Monet just adored, it can be seen even in the paintings, where he depicted his family, surrounded by flowers.

Claude Monet once said that if it wasn’t for the beautiful sight of flowers, he probably wouldn’t have wanted to capture them on canvas, for life, and then he wouldn’t have become one of the artists. Being at home, strangely enough, most of the time he still gave to gardening and only a small part to painting, although of course on his canvases it is not noticeable and does not affect at all.

Rather, on the contrary, the more he was engaged in gardening, the more even the smallest and seemingly insignificant details became painted. His latest works, just "breathe" his flowers, as if alive, apparently at this time the artist has reached its peak skill. One has to wonder how skillfully he could do it.