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Theodore Robinson (1852–1896)
A Bird's-Eye View, 1889
Oil on canvas; 25 3/4 x 32 in. (65.4 x 81.3 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of George A. Hearn, 1910 (10.64.9)
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Of the Americans who worked at Giverny, Robinson seems to have enjoyed the warmest and most enduring relationship with Monet. He adopted the French master's techniques, his appreciation of art based on ordinary experience, and his commitment to expressing the essence of a place. Thus, in this landscape, Robinson focused on homely local attributes—low stucco-clad stone houses and walls, red-tiled roofs, and the surrounding fields—as seen from a hill high above Giverny and captured the distinctive atmosphere of the village.
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