"Camille in a Green Dress", also known as "Woman in a Green Dress", is a painting created by Claude Monet in 1866. The work portrays Camille Doncieux, who later became the painter's wife and his muse for many of his works.
The painting, a full-length portrait, was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1866 and received a positive reception from critics of the time. Monet's choice to focus on Camille's figure against a dark, undefined background highlights her green dress and posture, suggesting a moment of movement or passage.
The painting is notable for its relatively rapid execution, completed by Monet in a few days, at a time when he was working on a larger work, "Déjeuner sur l'herbe", which he feared would not be ready for the exhibition. "Camille in a Green Dress" thus became an alternative for the Salon of that year.
The work is a significant example of Monet's youthful phase, where realist influences can still be found, before his painting fully evolved towards the principles of impressionism.
Product Features
Canvas painting print
Size: 31,5 x 23,6 inches
Material: work printed on very fine grain pictorial canvas
Frame: Light brown beech wood and handmade wood pulp
