MONET, Claude
(b. 1840, Paris, d. 1926, Giverny)

Woman in the Garden

1866
Oil on canvas, 82 x 101 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

This early work is almost devoid of the signs of Impressionism. The white silhouette of the woman, whose dress and parasol precisely accord with the fashion of 1867, gleams in the sun and contrasts with the shady background in a visually effective way characteristic of Salon art.




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