09 10 / 2012
Claude Monet - Poplars on the Epte (1891)
This is a work from Monet’s celebrated series of poplar paintings made between the spring and autumn of 1891, the year after he had settled in Giverny. He used a boat as a floating studio and captured beautifully the shimmering effects of sunlight on water. The trees were ready to be sold for timber, but Monet, in partnership with a timber merchant, bought the trees at auction so that he could continue painting them.
(Source: slowartday, via catsandcrows)
04 6 / 2012
Zdzisław Beksiński could never name his shit, 1979.
