Spring (Fruit Trees in Bloom), 1873
Claude Monet (French)

This work was painted in Argenteuil, a village on the Seine northwest of Paris that was a favorite gathering place for the Impressionists.
The pastel colors of spring and the clear light provided Monet with a pretext for an almost purely chromatic interpretation of nature.
Pissarro painted a similar picture the previous year, "Orchard in Bloom,Louveciennes" (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)