Corner of the Garden at Montgeron is a landscape done by Claude Monet in 1876. It is 175 x 194 cm and is an oil on canvas. Monet was an impressionist and this was painted at the climax of the movement, painted with their style. The purpose was to give a brief look, or impression of a scene. In this case, the scene is a garden in Montgeron with many different colors of blooming trees and flowers. To the right is a river cutting through the scene.
This painting is one of four in a series that was supposed to be on the wall of the large drawing room of the chateau of Rottenburg at Montgeron. Ernest Hoschede, the owner of the house, commissioned the works. Monet spent the summer there painting every appealing landscape he could find. Two of the other three pieces are "Turkeys" and "The Hunt". Hoschede fell into debt and was unable to pay for the paintings.
Sources
http://www.arthermitage.org/Claude-Monet/Corner-of-the-Garden-at-Montgeron.html
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/arts/artwork/claude-monet-paintings-1873-187810.htm
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