Windmills near Zaandam ☴ Monet ☰ Canvas cityscape He depicted skeletons and skulls

He depicted skeletons and skulls only a few times in his career

partly because newly invented pigments

while the left hand rests on the lower frame

It depicts a tiger stalking its prey during a raging storm

here an almost unreal depiction of yellows

Windmills near Zaandam ☴ Monet ☰ Canvas cityscape He depicted skeletons and skullsWindmills near Zaandam (1871) by Claude Monet depicts the windmills at Westzijderveld as seen from a boat, an example of the looser, experimental style which he developed during the 1870s. Monet made three visits to the Netherlands, on this occasion he spent four months in Zaandam with his family. During his stay, he painted about 20 small views of the town and the surrounding area, with the ever changing weather conditions playing a central role.