Sandvika, Norway (1895)

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"Sandvika, Norway" is a captivating piece by the French impressionist master Oscar-Claude Monet, painted in 1895. This landscape, created during Monet's stay in Norway, brilliantly captures the tranquil yet vibrant essence of winter in Sandvika, a small town near Oslo.The composition centers around a softly curved bridge spanning a frozen river, with gentle snow-covered hills rising in the background. The whitened landscape is delicately colored with hues of blue, pink, and subtle touches of red, emanating a cold yet serene atmosphere. Monet’s famed brushwork conveys the chill of winter through his expressive, short strokes, imbuing the scene with a palpable crispness.Bare trees with fine, intricate branches bookend the composition, framing the houses and the snowy hillside. The play of light and shadow, alongside Monet's use of color gradations, alludes to the low winter sun, providing a sense of depth and realness to the scene.This painting not only showcases Monet’s exceptional skill in portraying the effects of light and weather but also highlights his adventurous spirit, capturing the unique Scandinavian light and landscape during a lesser-known period of his work.

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Oscar-Claude Monet was a founder of French Impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature. Monet's ambition of documenting the French countryside led him to adopt a method of painting the same scene many times in order to capture the changing of light and the passing of the seasons. From 1883 Monet lived in Giverny, where he purchased a house and property, and began a vast landscaping project which included lily ponds that would become the subjects of his best-known works. In 1899 he began painting the water lilies, first in vertical views with a Japanese bridge as a central feature, and later in the series of large-scale paintings that was to occupy him continuously for the next 20 years of his life.