Print of Claude Monet - Woman with a parasol (Madame Monet with her son) - 1875
Claude Monet - Woman with a Parasol or The Walk (Madame Monet with her son)
Year: 1875 - oil on canvas cm 81x100
Preserved at: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
In the summer of 1875 Claude Monet painted The Walk, also known as Woman with a Parasol (Madame Monet with her son). The protagonists of the canvas are in fact the painter's wife, Camille Monet, and her son Jean Monet, portrayed while strolling at the Argenteuil.
With great skill, Claude Monet was able to recreate the intensity and warmth of the sun, from which the protagonists shelter with an umbrella and hat, and the presence of the wind coming from the right, thanks to the movement of Camille's dress and the grass. at the feet of the two.