The Rest Under Lilacs

Claude Monet was the founder of the French Impressionist movement which sought to express one's perception of nature through essence and the effect of light on forms. He often painted the same scene multiple times as it endured the effects of light differing over the course of a day. In this painting, he captured three figures lounging under a canopy of large lilac bushes. As their forms recess into the shadows cast beneath the bushes, their flowers project into a dense cloud of foliage across the painting. The idiosyncrasies of Monet's perception of light reveal themselves in the reflection of light on a woman's dress amongst the shadows. The viewer can deduce the light to have been trickling through the canopy of lilacs and imagine the fleeting moments Monet captured.
Reproduction of Monet's The Rest Under Lilacs
Inventory
Collection Number
17506
Building
Current Location
Mezzanine
Floor
2nd
Description
Details
This is a painting reproduction of a work originally by Claude Monet titled "The Rest Under Lilacs" created in 1873.
Artist
Framed
Yes
Width
1 1/2 inches
Height
24 3/4 inches
Length
32 3/4 inches
Donor
Library Owns
No
Permissions
Reproduce the Work in Library publications/publicity, including film or videotape
Yes
Reproduce
Library has Photography Rights
Yes
Photograph
Permit the general public to photograph the work
Yes
Slides/Video