# Valley of the Creuse \(Sunlight Effect\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MONET, Claude](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monet-claude-r4339ec6b2f1eab>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 65 x 92 cm

## Commentary

In the spring of 1889 Monet was the guest of the poet and composer Maurice Rollinat in Fresselines, in the valley of the Creuse between Orléans and Limoges. He painted 23 landscapes here, treating motifs in different versions. The present painting belongs to a group of eight compositions which differs only in the condition of light.

## Related artworks

- [A Cart on the Snowy Road at Honfleur](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monet-claude-r4339ec6b2f1eab/a-cart-on-the-snowy-road-at-honfleur-rbf5c82b44207e0>)
- [A Corner of the Hoschedé Garden at Montgeron](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monet-claude-r4339ec6b2f1eab/a-corner-of-the-hosched-garden-at-montgeron-r8454adf5316253>)
- [A Field of Poppies](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monet-claude-r4339ec6b2f1eab/a-field-of-poppies-r2222297b613cf0>)
- [Argenteuil](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monet-claude-r4339ec6b2f1eab/argenteuil-r1f10dec991f87e>)
- [Beach at Sainte-Adresse](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monet-claude-r4339ec6b2f1eab/beach-at-sainte-adresse-rf68a867f18459f>)
- [Boats on the Beach at Étretat](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monet-claude-r4339ec6b2f1eab/boats-on-the-beach-at-tretat-r7143a927a53129>)
- [Bordighera](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monet-claude-r4339ec6b2f1eab/bordighera-r59b1b447d26dfb>)
- [Boulevard des Capucines](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monet-claude-r4339ec6b2f1eab/boulevard-des-capucines-r09d82a9808c1bb>)
- [Boulevard Saint-Denis, Argenteuil, in Winter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monet-claude-r4339ec6b2f1eab/boulevard-saint-denis-argenteuil-in-winter-re828738defc3f0>)
- [Bouquet of Flowers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monet-claude-r4339ec6b2f1eab/bouquet-of-flowers-rd02bbcea2ee9c8>)
- [Bouquet of Sunflowers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monet-claude-r4339ec6b2f1eab/bouquet-of-sunflowers-r85c57f01a6cd22>)
- [Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/monet-claude-r4339ec6b2f1eab/bridge-over-a-pond-of-water-lilies-rb9fae387b0d2f7>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)