Artist: Denis Maurice
Date: 1914
Size: 29 x 34 cm
Museum: Musée des impressionnismes Giverny (Giverny, France)
Technique: Oil On Canvas
In 1908, Maurice Denis acquired a property in Perros-Guirec. From then on, he stayed in the region every summer and tirelessly painted the local landscape. In this 1914 work, he shows the peasants at work in the wheat fields. Judging by the shape of the Tomé island in the background, the view was painted from Louannec, on the east side of the Perros harbor. The white light brings out the contrasting orange of the ears of wheat, the light green of the fields, and the turquoise blue of the sea and sky. In 1906, Maurice Denis referred to Claude Monet in the following terms:
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