The Luncheon
Sul dipinto
Colazione in giardino è un pannello decorativo, dipinto a olio su tela (160x201 cm) realizzato nel 1873 dal pittore francese Claude Monet. È conservato presso il Museo d'Orsay di Parigi.
Questa opera fu esposto alla seconda mostra degli impressionisti nel 1876.
Colazione in giardino è anche un celebre olio su tela del famoso pittore barlettano Giuseppe De Nittis.
Scheda
- Numero di inventario
- RF 2774
Nel frattempo, nella vita di Claude Monet
Tutta la vita1870–1871
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.
