Poppy Field in Argenteuil, 1873, Claude Monet, Musée d’Orsay (oil on canvas)
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Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1881, Renoir, The Phillips Collection Washington (oil on canvas)
They are very attractive images to the viewer as for the choice of colour, scenery, subject. It shows the cheerful life without any worries, just a pleasant time with friends in a beautiful setting. Everybody looks happy and it is still the idealised version of a life even today. The first image by Monet doesn’t tell the viewer anything about city life but it shows a harmonic scene, a woman and a child, probably mother and daughter walking through a field of poppies. A house in the background and blue skies underlining the light-hearted atmosphere. The painting from Renoir tells the viewer more about city life although it isn’t set in a public place e.g. restaurant etc. But it shows the general idea of how communication and getting together in the 19th century looked like. Men and women both dressed in formal clothes except for the boats men. Enjoyment of food and wine, laughing and drinking. I am wondering what the woman on the right who is covering her ears means to this painting – if it is an indicator of something deeper in meaning that the image shows when you first look at it.
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