A Study for Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe

Claude Monet - Bazille and Camille, 1865
Washington National Gallery of Art

The two characters are the painter Frédéric Bazille and the future wife of Monet, Camille Doncieux.

In 1866 Monet painted again Camille: the work is known as La Femme à la Robe Verte.



The title sounded mysterious and some thought to associate it with La Dame au Camelias of Dumas-Fils. Probably an association was possible between the two titles, based on beauty and unconditional love (my humble opinion).

Monet survived Camille and painted her on the death bed. Painting was for him like breathing, the only possible way to express himself in any situation.

(In the Forest of Fontainebleau - from Corot to Monet)

(Monet)