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accession number: 1953.155
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Spring Flowers, 1864. Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926). Oil on fabric; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund 1953.155
title: Spring Flowers
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creation date: 1864
creation date earliest: 1864
creation date latest: 1864
current location: 222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
creditline: Gift of the Hanna Fund
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culture: France, 19th century
technique: oil on fabric
department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926) - artist
Claude Monet spent his youth in Le Havre in Normandy, where his father worked as a wholesale grocer. By the age of sixteen, he had exhibited some of his caricatures in an art supply store, leading to his acquaintance with Boudin (q.v.). It was Boudin who first encouraged him to paint out of doors. In 1859 Monet traveled to Paris, where he saw Boudin's salon debut and met Constant Troyon (1810-1865). A year later he joined the Académie Suisse, where he was introduced to Pissarro (q.v.), but his studies were interrupted in 1861 when he was drafted for a seven-year stint in the military. His family would pay for his release from military duties only if he gave up painting. Finding this unacceptable, Monet served for one year in Algeria before an early return to France to convalesce after a severe illness. In 1862 he met Jongkind (q.v.), another important influence on the young painter's development. Monet's father then allowed him to pursue his art career in Paris, where he entered the studio of the Swiss painter Charles Gleyre (1806-1874). He studied with Gleyre until 1864 and befriended Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870), Renoir (q.v.), and Sisley (q.v.), with whom he painted in the forest of Fontainebleau (Déjeuner sur l'herbe, 1865, two fragments in Musée d'Orsay, Paris). Monet first exhibited at the Salon of 1865 and would do so again in 1866, 1868, and 1880. In 1868 he shared a studio with Bazille and Renoir but was soon forced to leave Paris to escape his creditors. He took his mistress, Camille Doncieux, and their son, Jean, to Fécamp, then Étretat, and finally Saint-Michel. There Renoir provided hospitality, and the two also painted at the boating and bathing center of La Grenouillère on the Seine. In 1870 Monet married Camille and, to escape the Franco-Prussian War, left for London, where he remained for nine months and met Durand-Ruel, his first dealer. In the summer of 1871 he visited the Netherlands and then settled in Argenteuil, to the west of Paris. He converted a boat into a studio, as Daubigny (q.v.) had done before him, allowing him to explore different viewpoints for his landscapes. He assisted in the organization of the First Impressionist Exhibition in 1874, partly because Durand-Ruel's worsened business situation had prevented the dealer from buying his art. The following year he participated in the Hôtel Drouot sale with Morisot (q.v.), Renoir, and Sisley. In 1878 Monet and his wife moved to Vétheuil with the Hoschedés, who had previously commissioned some works. Camille died the following year, and, while Ernest Hoschedé spent most of his time in Paris trying to settle his precarious financial situation, Monet stayed behind with Ernest's wife, Alice. In 1881 he moved with her and her children to Poissy and within two years was living at Giverny, where he would remain for the rest of his life. He painted some of his famous scenes-the haystack and poplar series, for example- in 1890-91. Ernest Hoschedé died in 1891, and Monet married Alice the following year. At Giverny, Monet explored the themes of his garden and water lilies. He continued to travel, going to Norway in 1895, making three trips to London from 1899 through 1901, and taking Alice to Venice in 1908. The final years of his life were mainly spent working on his Great Decorations, large paintings of a water lily pond designed for two oval rooms at the Paris Orangerie. Monet is generally considered the most typical exponent of impressionism.
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measurements: 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.)
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inscription: Signed upper right corner: Monet 64
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Two Sides of the Medal: French Painting from Gérôme to Gauguin
opening date: 1954-09-28T05:00:00
Two Sides of the Medal: French Painting from Gérôme to Gauguin. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (organizer) (September 28-November 6, 1954).
title: Horticulture Motifs in Art
opening date: 1955-03-09T05:00:00
Horticulture Motifs in Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 9-April 24, 1955).
title: Claude Monet: a loan exhibition
opening date: 1957-09-25T04:00:00
Claude Monet: a loan exhibition. Saint Louis Art Museum (organizer) (September 25-October 22, 1957); Minneapolis Institute of Art (November 1-December 1, 1957).
title: In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
opening date: 1958-03-04T05:00:00
In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).
title: A World of Flowers
opening date: 1963-05-01T04:00:00
A World of Flowers. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (May 1-June 9, 1963).
title: A World of Flowers
opening date: 1963-05-02T04:00:00
A World of Flowers. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (May 2-June 9, 1963).
title: Paintings by Monet
opening date: 1975-03-15T04:00:00
Paintings by Monet. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (organizer) (March 15-May 11, 1975).
title: L'Art en France Sours Le Second Empire (Art in France Under the Second Empire)
opening date: 1978-10-01T04:00:00
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).
title: Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960
opening date: 1987-09-16T04:00:00
Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 16-November 8, 1987).
title: Les Origines de l'Impressionnisme
opening date: 1994-04-19T04:00:00
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).
title: Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Still Life Painting
opening date: 2001-09-22T00:00:00
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).
title: Monet's Garden
opening date: 2004-10-29T00:00:00
Monet's Garden. Kunsthaus Zürich, CH-8024 Zürich, Switzerland (organizer) (October 29, 2004-March 13, 2005).
title: Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2006-05-27T00:00:00
Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Beijing World Art Museum, China (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).
title: Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse
opening date: 2015-10-06T00:00:00
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).
title: Frédéric Bazille and the Birth of Impressionism
opening date: 2016-06-25T00:00:00
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).
title: At the Source of Monet's Water Lilies: The Impressionists Décor
opening date: 2022-03-01T05:00:00
At the Source of Monet's Water Lilies: The Impressionists Décor. Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, France (March 1-July 11, 2022).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'La vingtième exposition municipale des beaux-arts. Probably Musée de Rouen, Rouen, France (1864).', 'opening_date': None}
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PROVENANCE
The artist's elder brother, Léon Pascal Monet [1836-1917], Rouen, France
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(Wildenstein & Col., New York, NY, April 17, 1953, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Dumas, Ann, William H. Robinson, Clare A. P. Willsdon, Monty Don, James Priest, Heather Lemonedes, and Lucy I. Zimmerman. Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse. 2015. catalogue no. 3
page number: 90
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Bazille, Frédéric, Michel Hilaire, and Paul Perrin. Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) and the Birth of Impressionism. 2016. catalogue no. 52
page number: 95
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Venturi, Lionello, and Paul Durand-Ruel. Les archives de l'impressionnisme. Lettres de Renoir, Monet, Pissaro, Sisley et autres. Mémoires de Paul Durand-Ruel. Documents. Paris, France: Durand-Ruel, 1939.
page number: Mentioned: v. 1, p. 20
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Francis, Henry S. "Spring Flowers." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art XLI, no. 2 (February, 1954): 23-24.
page number: Reproduced: on cover
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"Accessions of American and Canadian Museums." The Art Quarterly XVII, no. 1 (Spring 1954): 63-75
page number: Reproduced: p. 68
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Detroit Institute of Arts. The Two Sides of the Medal; French Painting from Gérôme to Gauguin. 1954.
page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 43, p 32, Reproduced: p. 36
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The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art XLII, no. 6 (June,1955).
page number: Reproduced: on cover
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City Art Museum of St. Louis. Claude Monet, a Loan Exhibition. 1957.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 1, 23, 27
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. In Memoriam Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Reproduced: no. 66
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William Mathewson Milliken. The Cleveland Museum of Art. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1958.
page number: Reproduced: no. 52
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 502
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n92
ARTnews LVII, no. 1 (March 1958): 1.
page number: Reproduced: p. 1
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Rewald, John. The History of Impressionism. New York, NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1961.
page number: Reproduced: p. 112
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Tate Gallery, and John Hay Whitney. The John Hay Whitney Collection. Exh. Cat. London, UK: Tate Gallery, 1961.
page number: p. 9, 14
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Clifford, Henry, and Carl Zigrosser. "A World of Flowers: Paintings and Prints." Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin 58, no. 277 (1963): 93-243. doi:10.2307/3795158.
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url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3795158
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 174
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n198
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 174
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n198
Wildenstein, Daniel, and Aurora Colloridi. Claude Monet. Milan, Italy: Fratelli Fabbri, 1971.
page number: Reproduced: p. 75
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Wildenstein, Daniel, Claude Monet: biographie et catalogue raisonné. Lausanne. Switzerland: La Bibliothèque des arts, 1974.
page number: Reproduced: vol.1, no. 20
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Monet, Claude, and Susan Wise. Paintings by Monet: [Exhibition] March 15 Through May 11, 1975, the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1975.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 3, p. 56-57
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Monneret, Sophie. L'impressionnisme et son époque: dictionnaire international illustré. Paris, France: Denoël, 1978.
page number: Mentioned: v. 2, p. 57; v. 2 p. 77
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 216
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n236
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, and Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France). The Second Empire, 1852-1870: Art in France Under Napoleon III. Philadelphia: The Museum, 1978.
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Stuckey, Charles F. Monet: A Retrospective. New York, NY, 1985.
page number: Reproduced: p. 272
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Renoir, Auguste. Renoir: Hayward Gallery, London, 30 January-21 April 1985, Galeries Nationales Du Grand Palais, Paris, 14 May-2 September 1985, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 9 October 1985-5 January 1986. [London]: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1985.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 183
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Henning, Edward B. Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1987.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 95, no. 1
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Kendall, Richard. Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters. London, United Kingdom: Macdonald Orbis, 1989.
page number: Reproduced: p. 35
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page number: Reproduced: p. 158
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Bajou-Charpentreau, Valérie, and Frédéric Bazille. Frédéric Bazille, 1841-1870. La Calade, Aix-en-Provence, France: Edisud, 1993.
page number: Reproduced: p. 121
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Denvir, Bernard. The Chronicle of Impressionism: An Intimate Diary of the Lives and World of the Great Artists. London, UK: Thames and Hudson, 1993.
page number: Reproduced: p. 32-33
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Grandjean, Gilles. Rouen, les Cathédrales de Monet: Exh. Cat. Rouen, France: Musée des Beaux Arts, 1994.
page number: Reproduced: p. 30
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Tucker, Paul Hayes. Mone ten = Monet, a retrospective. Exh. Cat. Nagoya-sh, Japan: Chūnichi Shinbunsha, 1994.
page number: Reproduced: p. 82
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Tinterow, Gary, and Henri Loyrette. Origins of Impressionism. 1994.
page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 115, p. 177, Reproduced: 179
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Stuckey, Charles F., Claude Monet, Sophia Shaw, and James N. Wood. Claude Monet: 1840-1926. Exh. Cat. New York, NY: Thames and Hudson, 1995.
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Wildenstein, Daniel, Monet: Catalogue Raisonne, 4 volumes. Köln, Germany: Taschen, 1996.
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Wildenstein, Daniel. Monet. Köln, Germany: Taschen, 1996.
page number: Reproduced: Vol. 2, p. 16
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Pitman, Dianne W. Bazille: Purity, Pose, and Painting in the 1860s. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University, 1998.
page number: Reproduced: p. 80, Figure: 48
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D' Argencourt, Louise and Roger Diederen. The Cleveland Museum of Art: Catalogue of Paintings, Part II. European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art,1999.
page number: Reproduced: p. 447
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Rathbone, Eliza E., and George T. M. Shackelford. Impressionist Still Life. New York, NY: H.N. Abrams, 2001.
page number: Reproduced: p. 63, Plate 9
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Becker, Christoph. Monet's garden. Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz, 2004.
page number: Reproduced: p. 15, Figure 1
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Willsdon, Clare A. P. In the Gardens of Impressionism. New York, NY: Vendome Press, 2004.
page number: Reproduced: p. 40, Figure 39
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Willsdon, Clare A. P. Impressionist Gardens. Exh. Cat. Edinburgh, Scotland: National Galleries of Scotland, 2010.
page number: Reproduced: p. 24, Figure 16
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Willsdon, Clare A. P. Jardines impresionistas. Exh. Cat. Madrid, Spain: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, 2010.
page number: Reproduced: p. 55, Figure 19
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Dumas, Ann, William H. Robinson, Clare A. P. Willsdon, Monty Don, James Priest, and Heather Lemonedes. Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse. 2015.
page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 3, p. 90
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Willsdon, Clare A. P. In the Gardens of Impressionism. London: Thames and Hudson, 2016.
page number: Reproduced: P. 40, fig. 39; Mentioned: P. 42
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Shackelford, George T. M., et. al. Monet: The Early Years. Fort Worth, TX: Kimball Art Museum, 2016.
page number: Reproduced: p. 72, fig. 75
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Hilaire, Michel and Paul Perrin, eds. Frédéric Bazille (1841-1870) and the birth of impressionism. Paris: Flammarion, 2016.
page number: Reproduced: P. 95, fig. 52, cat. 110
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Amiot-Saulnier, Emmanuelle. "Le Jardin de Monet a Matisse." L'Estampille, l'objet d'art 521, (Mar. 2016): 28-35.
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Patry, Sylvie, and Anne Robbins. Le Décor Impressionniste: Aux Sources des Nymphéas. Vanves: Hazan; Paris: Musée de l'Orangerie, 2022.
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