Claude Monet 1840-1926,The Valley of the Nervia 1884,oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Monet spent these months in the Italian Riviera in early 1884.He wrote a friend, "everything is superb and I want to paint it all... there are many experiments to make.This landscape is a new experience for me."Installing himself in the town of Bordighera,Monet explored the scenic terrain.Here.he employed light,bright tones to depict the snowy Maritime Alps along the border with France.Nestled among the hills is the village of Camporosso on the banks of the Nervia not far from the river's outlet in the Mediterranean Sea.
Claude Monet 1840-1926,The Valley of the Nervia 1884,oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Monet spent these months in the Italian Riviera in early 1884.He wrote a friend, "everything is superb and I want to paint it all... there are many experiments to make.This landscape is a new experience for me."Installing himself in the town of Bordighera,Monet explored the scenic terrain.Here.he employed light,bright tones to depict the snowy Maritime Alps along the border with France.Nestled among the hills is the village of Camporosso on the banks of the Nervia not far from the river's outlet in the Mediterranean Sea.