Claude MonetFrench, 1840–1926Grainstack, Sun in the Mist
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Minneapolis Institute of Art
RoomG355Minneapolis, United States
On public display.
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- Sep 25, 2026
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About the painting
In the late 1880s, Claude Monet analyzed visual perception by representing the same subject under varying conditions of light, atmosphere, and weather. In one such series, he depicted the grainstacks near his house in Giverny. These large, conical structures of wheat, 15 to 20 feet high, protected the grain from rain and rodents. Typical of farming practice in France, the stacks came to symbolize the country's rural prosperity.
Monet studied the grainstacks during different seasons as the sunlight changed in intensity. This picture shows the autumn dawn, at a moment when the sun burns off the rising mist. The grainstack is seen against the morning light, which forms a halo around it. Up close, one sees a flickering patchwork of broken brushstrokes, each one a notation of light. At a distance, these colors coalesce into a brilliant, shimmering image.
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This frame is Gift of the Douglas and Mary Olson Frame Acquisition Fund.
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Particulars
- Accession number
- 93.20
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- Minneapolis Institute of Art: the museum's own open data · fetched 4 days ago
- Image: Minneapolis Institute of Art — public domain
Meanwhile, in the life of Claude Monet
The whole life1883–1926 · Workplace
Giverny
1892
Second marriage: Alice Hoschedé
Monet married for the second time — to Alice Hoschedé, who even before then had helped him keep house and raise the children from his first marriage.
16 July 1892
Married: Alice Hoschedé
