Musée d’Orsay · 1886
Woman with a Parasol, facing left
Claude Monet
Monet paints a figure outdoors from a low angle against the sky, so the wind moving her dress and parasol becomes as much the subject as the woman herself.
Why it matters
Monet paints a figure outdoors from a low angle against the sky, so the wind moving her dress and parasol becomes as much the subject as the woman herself.
Look closer
Notice you can barely see her face — Monet deliberately turns her away from the sun and toward the wind, more interested in movement and light than a likeness.
One of several 'woman with a parasol' figures Monet painted outdoors, a motif so associated with him that a related 1875 version is now considered priceless.
Value context
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