“Discussing the present work, Elizabeth de Veer writes, “There could be no better evidence of this than his painting of an aged figure on a gently rising village road who bends over to pluck one more poppy to add to her bouquet. The great green and gold diamond of the hillside punctuated by the vertical counterpoint of haystacks, the cerulean sky, the ruddy buildings that pitch forward down the hill explode around the gray aproned woman with tremendous vitality. He did numerous small studies that summer that, in years to come, he would work lovingly, but none is as brilliant in color or as careless in uninhibited expansiveness as Summer Morning, Giverny. He had begun to develop the Monet ‘eye.'” (Sunlight and Shadow: The Life and Art of Willard L. Metcalf, New York, 1987, pp. 45, 49)”
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Beautiful image of this painting in 1888.
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I am happy you enjoy this, Anita. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. 🙂🌺
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This is beautiful!
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I hear the soft hum of bees and smell the new hay. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Sheila. 🙂🌺
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Gorgeous!
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I am happy you enjoy this, Mitzy. 🙂🌺
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A soft and pretty palette.
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So bright and beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
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My pleasure, Scarlett. Thanks so much for visiting and sharing your thoughts.🙂🌺
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You’re welcome
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