The artwork titled “Fields, Plain of Gennevilliers” was created by the artist Gustave Caillebotte around 1884. The medium of the artwork is oil on canvas, and it measures 54.3 x 65.4 cm. It is categorized within the Impressionist movement and is considered a landscape genre. Presently, this work is located within a private collection.
The artwork itself depicts a vast expanse of countryside under a dynamic and expansive sky. The foreground is dominated by the rich texture of greenery and wild grasses, their details captured with the quick, loose brushstrokes characteristic of Impressionist painting. A sense of movement is present throughout the work, suggesting the way the light and air shift across the open field. The middle ground reveals a stretch of plain with various shades of green and touches of earthy reds, indicating cultivated fields or possibly flowers. In the background, the outline of a town is visible, providing a contrast to the natural environment in the foreground. The sky is a major feature of the work, filled with voluminous clouds that appear to be moving, enhancing the artwork’s overall feeling of transitory moments and the changing qualities of natural light that were of great interest to Impressionists like Caillebotte.
