Oscar Claude Monet is an impressionist painter, but first of all a Frenchman by birth, in his work drew inspiration from everyday life. He did not bypass the dull at first glance scenes of reality, and the tumult of the characters of his characters. However, his work was mainly devoted to simple paintings and emotions of peace and tranquility.
Monet’s talent to transform thick oil into an intricate interweaving of smears endowed such plots with brightness and richness. Such a fate metamorphosis befell the canvas “Girls in the boat.” It was written at the end of the 19th century with impulsive dry brushstrokes mixed with a smooth overlay of pigment, when it comes to the tissues and skin of the heroines. His colors are cold and gloomy, which speaks of the evening river walk. But the lady who did evening fishing, stand out with white spots of dresses. This contrast plays into the hands of the author, without requiring additional drawing of the contour and the play of light and shade. The theme of the picture, as usual, is understandable. The plot, for sure, was inspired by Monet’s rural landscape of Argenteuil on the banks of the Seine, in which he lived after visiting Amsterdam.
The difference between urban and rural landscapes impressed the artist, giving birth to a whole series of river canvases. Moreover, the author paid particularly a lot of attention to the girls in the boats, and the lilac tones and ultramarine, due to the developing eye disease of Claude Monet, have now become frequent guests in his paintings. Real life without embellishment and fantasy flows measuredly in the “Girls”. Here is a bush over the lake, and closer – a mirror of water. And the reflection of the boat, and ladies, and the density of greenery are not clearly spelled out.
On the contrary, schematic silhouettes here live people, there is no clear boundary between the planes, bloopers of oil paint “sketched” colored leaves on the canvas. But one has only to move away from the canvas, and here it is! The mosaic of stains develops into a clear picture with faces, with fishing rods, with dresses. The blue of the picture is a thick spot of solid shadow, and at the same time silence and evening peace. The comfort of work absorbs the impulsiveness of urban life. Like a black hole of impressionism, “Girls in a Boat” are being dragged into the process of contemplation, they are forced to step back, then farther and farther to put together pieces of bright spots.
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