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    Museum collections / The Cleveland Museum of Art
    Spring Flowers
    Claude Monet. Spring Flowers, 1864. The Cleveland Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

    Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art

    AT-00009248

    Spring Flowers

    by Claude Monet

    View at the Cleveland Museum of Art

    About the Artwork

    This early work reveals Claude Monet's fascination with capturing the transitory effects that became the primary focus of his later innovations. Painted with almost scientific accuracy, this still life has a freshness and immediacy derived partly from its composition. Isolated against a dark background, the fully mature peonies, potted hydrangeas, and basketed lilacs spill downward and outward from the geraniums at the rear. At the same time, Monet's energetic brushwork conveys the sparkling play of light on leaves and petals.

    Inscriptions

    Signed upper right corner: Monet 64

    Provenance

    The artist's elder brother, Léon Pascal Monet [1836-1917], Rouen, France ?-1953: (Wildenstein & Col., New York, NY, April 17, 1953, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1953-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

    Exhibition history

    Two Sides of the Medal: French Painting from Gérôme to Gauguin. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (organizer) (September 28-November 6, 1954). Horticulture Motifs in Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 9-April 24, 1955). Claude Monet: a loan exhibition. Saint Louis Art Museum (organizer) (September 25-October 22, 1957); Minneapolis Institute of Art (November 1-December 1, 1957). In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958). A World of Flowers. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (May 1-June 9, 1963). A World of Flowers. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (May 2-June 9, 1963). Paintings by Monet. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (March 15-May 11, 1975). L'Art en France Sours Le Second Empire (Art in France Under the Second Empire). Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (October 1-November 26, 1978); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (January 28-March 18, 1979); Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (May 11-August 13, 1979). Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 16-November 8, 1987). Les Origines de l'Impressionnisme. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (April 19-August 8, 1994); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (September 19, 1994-January 8, 1995). Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Still Life Painting. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (organizer) (September 22, 2001-January 13, 2002); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (February 17-June 9, 2002). Monet's Garden. Kunsthaus Zürich, CH-8024 Zürich, Switzerland (organizer) (October 29, 2004-March 13, 2005). Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Beijing World Art Museum (May 26-August 27, 2006); Mori Art Center (September 16-November 26, 2006); Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009). Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 6, 2015-January 5, 2016); Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (January 30-April 20, 2016). Frédéric Bazille and the Birth of Impressionism. Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France (June 25-October 16, 2016); Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France (organizer) (November 14, 2016-February 26, 2017); National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (April 9-July 9, 2017). At the Source of Monet's Water Lilies: The Impressionists Décor. Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, France (March 1-July 11, 2022). Monet in Le Havre. Musée d'art moderne André Malraux, 76600 Le Havre, France (organizer) (June 5-September 27, 2026) https://www.muma-lehavre.fr/fr/expositions/monet-au-havre.

    Open-access museum data

    This record comes from the open-access collection data that the Cleveland Museum of Art publishes for unrestricted use (Creative Commons Zero). Art Trackers shows a selection of the museum's published fields. The Cleveland Museum of Art is not an Art Trackers client and has not reviewed or endorsed this page; the museum's own website is the authoritative record.

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    Quick Overview

    Artist
    Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
    Date
    1864
    Medium
    oil on canvas
    Dimensions
    Framed: 144.5 x 117.2 x 12.1 cm (56 7/8 x 46 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 116.8 x 90.5 cm (46 x 35 5/8 in.)
    Type
    Painting
    Classification
    Painting
    Department
    Modern European Painting and Sculpture
    Credit line
    Gift of the Hanna Fund
    Accession no.
    1953.155

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