Stack of Wheat (Snow Effect, Overcast Day)
1890–91 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago
The whole painting, uncropped, on a printed cream mat with its title beneath.
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About this work
- Artist
- Claude Monet (1840–1926)
- Year
- 1890–91
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 66 × 93 cm
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Movement
- Impressionism
- Series
- Haystacks (Meules)
A single tall stack of wheat stands in a snow-covered field, its rounded mass painted in red, orange and brown. Behind it lie a row of farm buildings and a long blue hill streaked with snow, under a grey-violet sky with a faint disc of sun. The snow on the ground is laid in with strokes of blue, pink and pale yellow. Claude Monet painted it near his farmhouse at Giverny, where stacks fifteen to twenty feet high stood just outside his door. He worked on the series through 1890 and 1891, painting outdoors at several easels and refining the canvases in his studio. In May 1891 he showed fifteen of them together at the Galerie Durand-Ruel in Paris, and the show was a critical and commercial success. The Art Institute of Chicago holds the largest group of the series.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
One rust-red stack on blue and pink snow under a violet sky. A calm piece for a living room, study or bedroom from autumn to spring; pair it with Monet's Haystacks (End of Summer) in matching dark wood frames to show two seasons.
Size, framing & materials
- Style
- Impressionism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1890–91)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- living room, bedroom, study or library, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 18×12, 24×16 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard. See it to scale on your wall →
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — dark wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
- Restored in-house from the original painting, cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution
- Museum-quality archival paper: heavyweight, acid-free, resists yellowing
- Framed option: wood frame in black or dark wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size
- Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen
