▁and ▁possibly ▁finished ▁some ▁time ▁later ▁in ▁B iva ' s ▁Paris ian ▁at el ier . ▁ ▁Un like ▁works ▁of ▁the ▁Ne o - Im pression ists ▁or ▁F au ves , ▁in ▁v og ue ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁B iva ▁has ▁gone ▁to ▁great ▁lengths ▁to ▁show ▁even ▁the ▁most ▁minute ▁details ▁of ▁the ▁scene , ▁such ▁as ▁leaves ▁and ▁pet als ▁floating ▁on ▁the ▁surface ▁of ▁the ▁water ; ▁over la pping ▁bl ades ▁of ▁grass ; ▁super im posed ▁branches ▁and ▁leaves ▁of ▁varying ▁size ▁indicating ▁distance ▁from ▁the ▁observer ; ▁reflect ing ▁background ▁trees ▁in ▁the ▁r ipp ling ▁body ▁of ▁water ; ▁patch es ▁of ▁ra king ▁sun lit ▁sh immer ing ▁seem ingly ▁at ▁random ▁throughout ▁carefully ▁selected ▁sections ▁of ▁the ▁composition . ▁ ▁This ▁work ▁of ▁skill fully ▁controlled ▁art istry ▁presents ▁a ▁dominant ▁p alette ▁of ▁green ▁various ly ▁mixed ▁and ▁bl ended ▁by ▁the ▁artist ▁to ▁form ▁diverse ▁t ones , ▁values ▁and ▁h ues , ▁contrast ed ▁only ▁by ▁the ▁trans p ier cing ▁light ▁of ▁the ▁morning ▁sky ▁partly ▁visible ▁through ▁the ▁del icate ▁fol i age ▁while ▁b oun cing ▁off ▁the ▁surface ▁of ▁the ▁shall ows . ▁ ▁Natural ism ▁A ▁trace ▁of ▁B iva ' s ▁met icul ous ▁and ▁rig orous ▁profess ors ▁at ▁the ▁É cole ▁des ▁Be aux - Ar ts ▁in ▁Paris — L éon ▁Tan zi ▁( 1 8 4 6 - 1 9 1 3 ), ▁an ▁este emed ▁Real