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The Bodmer Oak, Fontainebleau Forest

ClaudeWW-1865-328025

1865·Oil on canvas·37 7/8 x 50 7/8 in. (96.2 x 129.2 cm)

Gift of Sam Salz and Bequest of Julia W. Emmons, by exchange, 1964

Catalogue

Year: 1865
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 37 7/8 x 50 7/8 in. (96.2 x 129.2 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Claude

Artist

Claude

Painting

Oscar-Claude Monet was a French painter and founder of Impressionism who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During his long career, he was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of Impressionism's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions of nature, especially as applied to plein air (outdoor) landscape painting. The term "Impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting Impression, Sunrise, which was exhibited in 1874 at the First Impressionist Exhibition, initiated by Monet and a number of like-minded artists as an alternative to the Salon.

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