Why it matters
Women in fashionable dresses gather in a garden. Monet painted the large canvas outdoors, lowering it into a trench he had dug so he could reach the top while keeping a single viewpoint.
Did you know?
- He began it in 1866, aged 26.
- Camille Doncieux posed for the figures.
- The Salon rejected it in 1867.
Based on the Wikipedia article Women in the Garden (CC BY-SA 4.0).
