Claude Monet
Well, another summer month has just begun. On this occasion we present a very holiday-like art piece created by Monet.
Painted in the open air on the beach at Trouville in Normandy, this painting has sand on its surface, blown on to the wet canvas as Monet worked. Camille, Monet's first wife, is believed to be the woman on the left. Her companion is thought to be the wife of Monet's fellow painter Eugène Boudin. Monet married Camille Doncieux, his mistress from about 1865, in June 1870. They had previously suffered through Monet's conflict with his father, a wholesale grocer, who refused help them when Camille became pregnant in 1867. The summer of this seaside idyll coincided with the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. In the autumn of 1870, Monet, with Camille and their son Jean, fled to London to evade conscription.