Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer)

Claude Monet

1890–91

Oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago

Painting composed of short, dense brushstrokes depicts two domed stacks of wheat that cast long shadows on a field. Painting composed of short, dense brushstrokes depicts two domed stacks of wheat that cast long shadows on a field. Painting composed of short, dense brushstrokes depicts two domed stacks of wheat that cast long shadows on a field. The angled light indicates either a rising or setting sun.