Irises In Monets Garden by Claude Monet Edge

Irises In Monets Garden by Claude Monet EdgeThis Post Impression master work shows lavender irises in Monet's garden which is awash with drenching colour of ochre browns and oranges of trees overhanging rows of lavender irises and tan flowers, so profusely depicted yet without sharp detail. Instead of realism, we get the effect of an almost surreal interpretation of an almost overgrown garden tightly bunched and full of pale greens, yellows, tans, browns and of course the lavender purple of

It is the shades of blue that compose the sky

The snow-capped peak creates a serene ambiance to the right (a deliberate echo of Mount Fuji in Japan) and the in-bloom trees

Cockatoos are among the most recognisable birds of Australia

while a bouquet of sunflowers in a vase is shown in the second series

better known by her stage as Sien

by Gustav Klimt

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Van Gogh's Vase of Gladioli is an oil painting on canvas that may be found in Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

The painting

Albrecht Durer displays his genius at engraving in this monochromatic masterpiece The Knight

a certain nostalgia for the north was already evident

Old images still show the serene thatched cottages