Camille
Claude Monet · 1866
Why it's great
A woman in a long green-and-black striped dress with a fur-trimmed jacket looks over her shoulder. Monet painted his future wife Camille Doncieux in 1866, and it was a hit at the Salon. He finished it in just a few days. It's a famous portrait that launched his career.
Where to see it
📍 Kunsthalle BremenBremen, Germany
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Claude Monet was born in Paris but grew up on the coast of Normandy, where he learned to paint outdoors. He was a leader of Impressionism, and he lived in places like Argenteuil and, for his last 43 years, Giverny, where he built a famous garden with a pond of water lilies. He painted the same scenes again and again at different times of day to capture changing light. He kept painting until he was 86, even as his eyesight faded.
