Scott Allan is the associate curator of paintings at the J. Paul Getty Museum. He received his B.A. in Art History and English Literature from Queen’s University, his M.A. in Art History from Williams College, and his Ph.D. in Art History from Princeton University. He is a specialist in 19th-century European painting, with a particular emphasis on France.
How does this painting by Claude Monet achieve such simplicity and complexity at the same time?