Camille or The Woman in a Green Dress(1866)
This was one of the paintings by Monet that brought him to fame. The choice of a rear viewpoint, a standard device of the small scale colored fashion print flouted portrait conventions. This, together with Monet's handling, with its abrupt transitions from dark to light and the most schematic treatment of the face, made nonsense of any traditional understanding of portraiture.
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