The Haystacks is a series of Impressionist paintings created by French painter Claude Monet. Monet made several paintings of haystacks in Giverny. He painted them from various viewpoints and under different weather conditions. The paintings date from 1890 and the spring and harvest seasons of 1891, and the series is known for its thematic use of repetition to show differences in the perception of light at different times of the day and during different seasons and weather. The series is considered one of Monet's most outstanding works, and six of the twenty-five haystack pieces are currently housed at the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago. The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston owns two and the Louvre in Paris owns one. Other museums that own a painting from this series include the Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington Connecticut (which also holds a painting from an earlier series of five from the 1888-1889 harvest), National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh, Minneapolis Institute of Arts in Minneapolis, Kunsthaus Zürich in Zurich and the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont. Also in several private collections are paintings with haystacks. Has raised record amount at a New York safe in 2019, never before has so much money been paid for a work by Monet
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The mill at Wijk bij Duurstede, Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael The School of Athens, Raphael
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Italian landscape with pine trees, Hendrik Voogd Vincent van Gogh. Flower beds in Holland
Vincent van Gogh. Flower beds in Holland Bouquet of flowers on white background (seen at VT Wonen)
Bouquet of flowers on white background (seen at VT Wonen) Agapanthus, Claude Monet
Agapanthus, Claude Monet Vincent van Gogh. Sunflowers
Vincent van Gogh. Sunflowers The Milkmaid - Vermeer painting
The Milkmaid - Vermeer painting Portrait of a woman, anonymous - 1633
Portrait of a woman, anonymous - 1633 The great wave of Kanagawa, Hokusai
The great wave of Kanagawa, Hokusai Flower arrangement, Jan Davidsz. de Heem
Flower arrangement, Jan Davidsz. de Heem A Amsterdam street scene - Adrianus Eversen
A Amsterdam street scene - Adrianus Eversen The Artist’s Garden in Giverny, Claude Monet
The Artist’s Garden in Giverny, Claude Monet The Mirror, Robert Reid
The Mirror, Robert Reid Spring Flowers, Claude Monet
Spring Flowers, Claude Monet Queen Elizabeth of Bourbon
Queen Elizabeth of Bourbon Vincent van Gogh. Olive orchard
Vincent van Gogh. Olive orchard Cypresses
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