Claude Monet’s 1891 series depicting rows of poplar trees is titled Poplars.
Monet painted the series along the banks of the Epte River near his home in Giverny. The tall, narrow trees formed a strong vertical pattern, allowing him to study how changing light, weather, and seasonal color altered the same landscape.
The Poplars paintings belong to Monet’s broader series practice. Rather than treating a landscape as a single fixed scene, he repeatedly returned to a motif and recorded its appearance under different conditions. This approach is also associated with his Haystacks, Rouen Cathedral, and Water Lilies series.
The poplars were reportedly threatened with being cut down while Monet was working. He arranged for the trees to remain standing long enough to complete the paintings. The series is sometimes confused with his later paintings of the Japanese bridge and water garden at Giverny, but Poplars focuses on the riverside trees themselves.