Haystacks (Meules) 1891

Meules · 干草堆

Monet worked on up to fifteen canvases at once in the fields behind his house, following the same stack from dawn to dusk across weeks. The subject is not the haystack. It is the fact that the light on it never stops changing.

Reference articles

• About the work

  Haystacks (Meules) — About the work

• The story behind it

  Haystacks (Meules) — The story behind it

• Technique and colour

  Haystacks (Meules) — Technique and colour

• Living with the print

  Haystacks (Meules) — Living with the print