Portrait of Madame Monet (Madame Claude Monet Reading) The Clark(12a)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir French, 1841-1919
Portrait of Madame Monet (Madame Claude Monet Reading) c. 1874
Oil on canvas
During the early 1870s, Renoir and Monet often painted side by side, producing images of the same subject and sometimes using each other—and other family members—as models. In Renoir’s informal portrait of Camille Monet, the painter’s wife sits on a comfortable sofa reading a paperback boot. Small touches of color cover the canvas like stiches in a tapestry. A blue line runs down the middle of Mme Monet’s dress, echoing the angle of the Japanese fans on the wall.
Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark, 1933
1955.612
From the Placard: The Clark
Portrait of Madame Monet (Madame Claude Monet Reading) The Clark(12a)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir French, 1841-1919
Portrait of Madame Monet (Madame Claude Monet Reading) c. 1874
Oil on canvas
During the early 1870s, Renoir and Monet often painted side by side, producing images of the same subject and sometimes using each other—and other family members—as models. In Renoir’s informal portrait of Camille Monet, the painter’s wife sits on a comfortable sofa reading a paperback boot. Small touches of color cover the canvas like stiches in a tapestry. A blue line runs down the middle of Mme Monet’s dress, echoing the angle of the Japanese fans on the wall.
Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark, 1933
1955.612
From the Placard: The Clark