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MASTERS OF ART

PLATE 6 (left) Spring Flowers (1864) Oil on canvas, 9 7 ⁄ 8 x 6 1 ⁄

4 inches

(25 x 16 cm)

The beautiful, light-flecked still life of flowers, painted while Monet was staying in Normandy in 1864, shows no signs of the “appalling difficulties” he told Bazille he was experiencing with many of his paintings at this time. PLATE 7 The Woman in the Green Dress (1866) Oil on canvas, 89 1 ⁄ 4 x 58 5 ⁄ 8 inches (228 x 149 cm) In setting Camille Doncieux in a dark neutral background, Monet ensures that the viewer’s attention will be on the model’s face and her magnificent green silk dress. The result is a most striking portrait that

had immediate success when exhibited in the 1866 Salon.

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