# Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), in Impressionism

Claude Monet painted this in 1890–91, aged about 50. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Our note:

> Two domed stacks of wheat stand in a field near Monet’s home at Giverny, casting long shadows in the low light of early morning or evening.

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## The work

- Date: 1890–91
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 60 × 100.5 cm (23 5/8 × 39 9/16 in.); Framed: 75.6 × 116.6 × 7.4 cm (29 3/4 × 45 7/8 × 2 7/8 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1985.1103
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Claude Monet](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/claude-monet), French, 1840–1926

Monet grew up in Le Havre, where Eugène Boudin encouraged him to paint outdoors. In Paris he met Renoir, Sisley and Bazille, and his Impression, Sunrise gave the Impressionist movement its name in 1874.

10 works in the collection.

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