Woman In The Garden
Woman in the Garden (French: Femme au jardin) (or Jeanne-Marguerite Lecadre in the Garden) is a painting begun in 1866 by Claude Monet when he was a young man of 26.
The work was executed en plein air in oil on canvas with a relatively large size of 82 by 101 cm. and currently belongs in the collection of the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia.
| Woman in the Garden | |
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| Jeanne-Marguerite Lecadre in the Garden | |
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| Artist | Claude Monet  |
| Year | 1867 |
| Medium | oil paint, canvas |
| Movement | Impressionism |
| Dimensions | 82 cm (32 in) × 101 cm (40 in) |
| Location | Hermitage Museum, Russia |
| Accession No. | ГЭ-6505 |
The woman in the painting is Jeanne-Marguerite Lecadre, the young wife of his well-to-do cousin Paul-Eugene Lecadre. The Lecadres lived at Le Havre and had a country house, Le Coteau, in nearby Sainte-Adresse, in the garden of which the painting was made during a short visit. X-ray analysis has revealed that it was actually painted over a previous picture.
The style of the painting is quite composed and detailed, unlike the typically impressionist works for which Monet was later acclaimed. Three principal objects, Jeanne-Marguerite, the central flowering rose bush in the bed of bright red flowers and the flowering bush on the right provide an ordered structure and Jeanne-Marguerite's bright white dress contrasts vividly with the reds, pinks and greens of the garden plants and trees. The subject matter foreshadowed Monet's lifelong passion for painting flowers and gardens in a natural setting.
See also
- List of paintings by Claude Monet
- 100 Great Paintings, 1980 BBC series
References
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