Madame Monet and Her Son (Madame Monet et son fils), 1874 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Madame Monet and Her Son (Madame Monet et son fils), painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1874, shows Camille Monet seated on the grass in a full white dress, fanning herself beside her young son Jean, who lies stretched out beside her in a pale blue sailor suit as a rooster looks on nearby. The brushwork is loose and broken, the palette built on creamy whites, soft pinks, and luminous greens that capture the dappled light of a summer garden at Argenteuil. Renoir painted the scene on the spot beside Édouard Manet, who was completing his own view of the same family gathering that same afternoon, and the canvas now hangs in the National Gallery of Art, Washington.

Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919). Date: 1874.

Madame Monet and Her Son (Madame Monet et son fils), 1874 by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Garden Impressionist Wall Art Canvas Print.