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La Japonaise (Monet)
is a 1876 oil painting by the French Impressionism, Impressionist painter Claude Monet. Painted on a canvas, the full-length portrait depicts a European woman in a red kimono standing in front of a wall decorated by uchiwa, Japanese fans. Monet's first wife Camille Doncieux modeled for the painting. The painting was first exhibited in the second Impressionism exhibition of 1876, and is now exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Description In the painting, Monet depicts Camille in a padded, heavily decorated red kimono (an ) belonging to a famous Japanese actor, standing on Japanese-style tatami mat and in front of a wall decorated by Japanese ' fans. Camille, whose hair was dark, wears a blonde wig, emphasizing her identity as a European woman, indicating that the painting shows the performance and appropriation of Japanese culture rather than an authentic Japanese environment. Camille's body, turned in profile, shows her face turned towards the viewer, a gesture like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Monet
Oscar-Claude Monet (, , ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During his long career, he was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of impressionism's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to ''plein air'' (outdoor) landscape painting. The term "Impressionism" is derived from the title of his painting '' Impression, soleil levant'', exhibited in the 1874 ("exhibition of rejects") initiated by Monet and his associates as an alternative to the Salon. Monet was raised in Le Havre, Normandy, and became interested in the outdoors and drawing from an early age. Although his mother, Louise-Justine Aubrée Monet, supported his ambitions to be a painter, his father, Claude-Adolphe, disapproved and wanted him to pursue a career in business. He was very close to his mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
