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ID: #860525 | Impressionism | Portraits

Although this painting was originally titled simply Spring Time, it was given a new title, The Reader, at one of the Impressionist exhibitions. The canvas depicts Monet's first wife, Camille Doncieux, who served as his model throughout the 1860s and 1870s and whom he married in 1870. Camille is said to have had a great talent for modelling, and was portrayed by Renoir or Manet. The reader, like many other Monet works from this period, comes from his garden at Argenteuil. The model is perched beneath a canopy of lilac blossoms, among which the sun's rays shine through, creating a mosaic on both the grass and Camille's dress.

Prevailing color of this fine art print is green and its shape is landscape. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Claude Oscar Monet (1840-1926). A native Parisian, who thoroughly developed the idea of Impressionism. Monet almost scientifically studied the effect of light on different objects. He devoted himself to so called transitory states, which quickly led him to work with colour and light, his paintings acting on the viewer from the first impression. His use of open-air painting and objects which were special only because of light opened the way for the beginnings of modern painting. Monet’s Impression, Sunrise (1874) not only gave the name to the whole art movement, but secured Monet a place among the best painters of all times. At one time, he resided in London and created his famous study Houses of Parliament (Monet wondered, How could the English painters paint Parliament when it cannot be seen for the fog?). In the Giverny, which became his favourite retreat after the death of his wife, he painted motifs from his garden and the popular series Water Lilies - the world of the water was as poetic and mysterious as a primordial paradise.