The first painting depicts Monet’s first wife Camille and son Jean strolling through Argenteuil.
It’s a large painting, coming in at 39 x 32 inches. Monet’s largest from the 1870s. It must be a magnificent sight in person.
It was painted plein air (outdoors) perhaps within a single session, according to the National Gallery of Art. This would explain the painting’s intimate and spontaneous feel.
It was one of Monet’s 18 paintings featured in the second Impressionist exhibition, 1876. John Singer Sargent saw it at the exhibition and was inspired to paint Two Girls with Parasols at Fladbury.
Monet painted two similar works about 10 years later: Woman With a Parasol, Facing Left and Woman With a Parasol, Facing Right. This time featuring Suzanne Monet, his second wife’s daughter.
The first painting depicts Monet’s first wife Camille and son Jean strolling through Argenteuil.
It’s a large painting, coming in at 39 x 32 inches. Monet’s largest from the 1870s. It must be a magnificent sight in person.
It was painted plein air (outdoors) perhaps within a single session, according to the National Gallery of Art. This would explain the painting’s intimate and spontaneous feel.
It was one of Monet’s 18 paintings featured in the second Impressionist exhibition, 1876. John Singer Sargent saw it at the exhibition and was inspired to paint Two Girls with Parasols at Fladbury.
Monet painted two similar works about 10 years later: Woman With a Parasol, Facing Left and Woman With a Parasol, Facing Right. This time featuring Suzanne Monet, his second wife’s daughter.
