Spring (Fruit Trees in Bloom)
Claude Monet (1873)
Claude Monet’s Spring (Fruit Trees in Bloom) captures a hillside orchard at Argenteuil where pale blossoms flicker across a diagonal slope under a <strong>pearly, breathable sky</strong>. The canvas privileges <strong>light over contour</strong>, letting trunks, stakes, and petal-clusters resolve through vibrating touches of color that register passing air and sun <sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup>. The scene fixes a <strong>radiant instant</strong> while acknowledging its fragility.
