Why it matters
Monet's first wife Camille Doncieux sits reading beneath a canopy of lilacs. Camille was also painted by Renoir and Manet.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1872.
- It is also called The Reader.
- The family had settled in Argenteuil in 1871.
Based on the Wikipedia article Springtime (Claude Monet) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
