La Pie
The Magpie
Claude Monet · 1869
Musée d'Orsay
Paris, France
About this painting
Monet's pioneering use of blue-tinted snow shadows, rather than academic black, got this winter scene rejected by the 1869 Salon; it entered the Musée d'Orsay only in 1984.
Painting Details
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
89 × 130 cm (35 × 51.2 in)
Painted at
Étretat, France
Current location
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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