Woman with a Parasol

Monet captures his wife Camille and their son on a breezy hilltop, seen from below against a bright, cloud-scudded sky. Loose, rapid brushwork makes her veil and dress flutter in the wind. It is Impressionism at its most joyful and immediate.

Woman with a Parasol

Claude Monet

  • Date1875
  • MovementImpressionism
  • WhereNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
  • RegionUnited States