CLAUDE MONET – “Poplars au bord de l'Epte, view from the marshes”- 1891 – oil on canvas, 88- 93 cm. - USA, private collection

Claude Monet is the impressionist painter par excellence, the genius who painted the famous series of Rouen Cathedral –“the climax of Impressionism”- and the Nympheas, described as “the Sistine chapel of the impressionism”, although in the last one he goes beyond the impressionism, outlining the abstraction. Nevertheless, his greatest lyrical achievement is reached in this strangely irresistible picture. The composition so beautifully resembles the beauty of a Japanese haiku, asymmetric and touching, while the poplars leaves sing in red, purple, and ending in a blue that would make Yves Klein green with envy. It's Monet in his full bloom, the artist who wanted “to paint as the bird sings”.