Rapids on the Petite Creuse at Fresselines, 1889, Oil on canvas, 25 3/4 x 36 1/8 in. (65.4 x 91.8 cm), Paintings, Claude Monet (French, Paris 1840–1926 Giverny), Monet spent the spring of 1889 painting the landscape around the confluence of two rivers, the Petite Creuse and the Grande Creuse, at the village of Fresselines in central France. For this view, which is nearly identical to another picture (private collection), he positioned his easel on the steep bank of the ravine edging the Petite Creuse, looking down on the shallow rapids from above
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Rapids, Petite Creuse, Fresselines, 1889, Oil, canvas, 25 3/4 x 36 1/8, 65.4 91.8 cm, Paintings, Claude Monet, French, Paris, 1840–1926, Giverny, Monet spent, spring, 1889 painting, landscape, confluence, two rivers, Grande, village, central France, view, nearly identical, another picture, private collection, positioned, easel, steep bank, ravine edging, looking down, shallow rapids
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