The Break-up of the Ice (La Débâcle or Les Glaçons) / Claude Monet
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- Accession Number
- 1976/2.134
- Title
- The Break-up of the Ice (La Débâcle or Les Glaçons)
- Artist
- Claude Monet
- Artist Nationality
- French
- Artist Life Dates
- 1840-1926
- Medium and Support
- oil on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- 1880
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- France (nation)
- Vétheuil and Paris
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- France (nation)
- Creation Place 4
- Vétheuil and Paris
- Style/Group/Movement
- Impressionist
- Dimensions
- 60.3 cm x 99.9 cm (23 3/4 in. x 39 5/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- landscape
- Physical Description
- A sweeping winter river scene opens up from the foreground and sweeps away towards the left. Ice floes dot the river surface and snowy hills frame trees that stand along the riverbank in the middle distance. The palette of this painting is restricted to mauves, blues, greens, and whites.
- Secondary Keywords
- upward
- bodies of water and components of bodies of water
- buildings and the land
- components of bodies of water
- ice
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- settlements and landscapes
- the natural world
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 5084 x 3042
- File Size
- 731 KB
- Record
- 1976/2.134
- Link to this Item
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"The Break-up of the Ice (La Débâcle or Les Glaçons); Claude Monet." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1976-sl-2.134/1976_2.134.stdrez.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 05, 2024.