Portrait of a woman – Madame Godibert – written in the period of the creative formation of Claude Monet. The work is one of the few, early, still permeated with detail, depicting human nature scrupulously from nature and realistic.
The heroine of the proposed work is not known to his contemporaries for certain, so it remains to enjoy the technique of writing and the palette of early Monet. As mentioned above, the canvas belongs to a rather bright period of painting by Claude Monet. At that time, the artist was fond of portrait painting and human images in full growth. Here you can note the true skill of writing materials of different textures, realistic narrative and an irrepressible love of color.
The technique of Monet’s writing, as can be seen, is similar to the watercolor one – there is little overlap of the layers, pure writing by the pigment, frank paints in their pure form. The palette still lags behind the impressionistic idea of multicolor, but already rejects black. What can be said about the plot. It is simple and straightforward. Good layout, unusual angle of the heroine, turned away from the viewer. Monet conveyed the greatness of Madame Godibert, her maturity and stature. Bribes attention to the nuances of decoration and clothing of a woman. The tournament is covered with a bright shawl.
The artist managed to write fabrics of precisely different nature, structure and weaving. The atlas is shimmering with deep folds, the scarf is apparently made of woolen threads and does not have such a dazzling reflex, distant draperies are embedded in the usual vertical folds and endowed with a dull glow. The modest white jabot of the dress, the brooch, the earrings and the ring are modest jewelery that Madame Godibert allowed herself to wear. Monet relishes this modesty, emphasizes the taste of the woman, prefers the very atmosphere that surrounded the woman.
As the decor of a serious situation, the author applied the table decoration with roses. These are full and translucent flowers in a crystal glass. The theme of flowers is complemented by the silk carpet ornament on the floor, the fleecy texture of which is emphasized by smooth tints from blue shades to cream color. The work “Madame Godibert” meets all the canons of classical painting, there is little that hints at the further transition of the artist to the impressionism of the late period.
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