A Bird's-Eye View
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
25 3/4 x 32 in. (65.4 x 81.3 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of George A. Hearn, 1910
Accession Number
10.64.9
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About this artwork
Theodore Robinson (1852-1896), the leading American disciple of Claude Monet, created this luminous oil painting in 1889 during his pivotal residency in Giverny, France. Though academically trained at the École des Beaux-Arts, Robinson embraced Impressionism while living as Monet's close friend and neighbor between 1887 and 1892. This 25¾ by 32-inch canvas exemplifies Robinson's synthesis of American realism with French Impressionist techniques, employing the plein-air method of painting outdoor...