eaving us with a window to the sunny background where we can make out a building and through small breaks in the trees a light afternoon sky. On the right side of the path are benches, which are filled mostly with women and children playing at their feet. As the path curves around, we see a number of figures walking in and out of the shade. In the lower right sits a lone man on a chair (possibly a friend of the artist) just before the path hits the edge of the canvas.
             Monet's friend Geffroy spoke of his compositional arrangements saying, "Monet seeks the aspect of nature which by its arrangement, form and horizon best suits the play of light, shadow, and coloring in front of him." All these elements were most certainly considered in this composition beginning with the location and the time of day. The park, which was probably a recent installation of the Baron Haussman, gives a view of a clean and modern Paris. The children sitting on the ground suggest that the path was probably paved, also a new development for the Paris of this time. And the sun fil
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