Lilac in the Sun

1873 · Painting · 50 × 65 cm

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Mosca, Russia

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Lillà al sole è un dipinto a olio su tela (50x65 cm) realizzato nel 1873 dal pittore francese Claude Monet. È conservato nel Museo Puškin di Mosca.

Questo dipinto è il pendant di un altro dipinto di Monet Riposo sotto i lillà.

Il quadro rappresenta una scena di riposo sotto un cespuglio di lillà.

1870–1871
London exile
Evading conscription during the Franco-Prussian War, Monet lived in London, where he studied Constable and Turner, met Pissarro and Whistler, and became acquainted with his first and principal dealer, Paul Durand-Ruel — an encounter decisive for his career.
May 1871
Zaandam: 25 paintings
Leaving London, Monet settled in Zaandam in the Netherlands, where he painted twenty-five pictures (the police suspected him of revolutionary activity). During this period he also made his first visit to Amsterdam.
1874
First Impressionist exhibition
At the exhibition, organized on the initiative of Monet and his associates as an alternative to the Salon, "Impression, Sunrise" was shown. The critic Leroy mockingly dubbed the participants "impressionists" — and so the term Impressionism was born.