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Claude Monet's Life

The most widely known French Impressionist, Claude Monet moe-NAY was born in Paris and grew up on the Normandy coast. His father was a wholesale grocer, and after his mother died when he was 17, an aunt encouraged Monet in his efforts to become an artist. This is an incomplete list of works, including nearly all the finished paintings but excluding preparatory black and white sketches, by Claude Monet(French pronunciation: klod mɔnɛ), (14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926)who was a founder of French impressionistpainting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as.

BOSTON - In this greyest of times, Claude Monet's luminous paintings seem to shimmer with the incandescent colors of aurora borealis in a revelatory exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts.

The MFA is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year but is temporarily closed due to COVID-19. Once the museum reopens (hopefully later this month), on display are all 35 of the MFA's oil paintings by Monet – stunning landscapes, iridescent water lilies, and light-saturated cathedrals as well as loans from local collections – in “Monet and Boston: Lasting Impression.” This is a must-see show that chronicles the evolution and revolutionary techniques of one of the most influential artists of modern times, so let's hope health conditions improve and the museum is able to reopen soon.

The works on display range from early paintings including “Rue de la Bavole, Honfleur,” circa 1864, “Antibes,” an 1888 work experimenting with Mediterranean light, to his world famous “Grainstacks,” “Rouen Cathedral” and “Water Lilies” series.

Gathered together for the first time in a generation, the exhibit also features works that complement the Monets, including 19th century Japanese woodblock prints and paintings by influential European artists, such as Jean-Francois Millet and Theodore Rousseau.

Viewing the seductive shades of deep blue water in “Morning on the Seine, near Giverny” or a sunny country road and billowing clouds in “Meadow with Poplars,” visitors will have traveled as far as possible from the pandemic, politics and suffocating tedium of the last year.

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Monet (1840-1926) shaped the course of modern painting by employing vibrant colors in quick brushstrokes that captured changing light and imbued his subjects with an unprecedented immediacy that affected how artists saw and represented the natural world.

This exhibit triumphs by presenting a gorgeous selection of Monet's representative works and masterpieces in ways that encourage visitors “to look at them with fresh eyes,” said Katie Hanson, associate curator of European paintings who organized the exhibit.

“I wanted to keep bringing it back to Monet's lifetime – what people were seeing and saying then and how much that informs the way we understand his work now,” she said. “One of the great pleasures of organizing an exhibition is seeing familiar works in a different context that affords the opportunity to see them anew.”

© Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Rouen Cathedral Façade and Tour d'Albane (Morning Effect)Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)1894Oil on canvas* Tompkins Collection—Arthur Gordon Tompkins Fund* Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Hanson has organized the exhibit chronologically into four sections - “Becoming Monet,” “Monet and Japonisme,” “Monet's Normandy” and “Monet's Magic” - that guide visitors through his career to show the development of his groundbreaking techniques and the breadth of his achievement.

MFA Director Matthew Teitelbaum observed that Monet lived during a period of profound industrial and scientific change in France and throughout the world yet his visionary paintings “connect us to the natural world and the challenges to its presentation.”

“Monet used new scientific theories to highlight new understanding of the ways we see color and light. On the occasion of the MFA's 150th anniversary, we take great pride in recognizing our city's and our museum's commitment to this incomparable artist,” he said.

Fueled by residents' cultural and corporate ties to France, many Bostonians admired Monet's work during his lifetime and the MFA organized a memorial exhibition – only the artist's second in the U.S. - two months after his death in 1926.

Teitelbaum said, “We began collecting Monet's work in his lifetime and this commitment continues to this day. The MFA is a living museum, constantly connecting the past to the present.”

To help visitors appreciate how different artists and traditions influenced Monet's development, several of his early paintings are displayed side by side with works by other painters he admired.

For example, to reveal the significant influence of the Barbizon School which emphasized direct observation and finding beauty in the commonplace, works by Jean-Francois Millet and Theodore Rousseau are hung next to several of Monet's early works such as “Woodgatherers at the Edge of the Forest,” circa 1863, “Rue de la Bavole, Honfleur,” circa 1864, and “Ships in a Harbor,” circa 1873.

Other instructive pairings include marine painters Eugene Boudin and Johan Barthold Jongkind whose advice was sought by Monet for his paintings of Normandy.

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Approaching middle age in the 1880s, Monet began returning to paint in certain places, like the poppy fields and meadows of Giverny or the cliffs and coastal waters of Le Havre, that had powerful emotional connections and light conditions that suited his developing vision.

Culminating in the appropriately named “Monet's Magic,” the exhibition's final section features works inspired by the artist's travels along the Mediterranean coast where he was dazzled by what he called the “fairylike air.” Visitors will see several of his most memorable series paintings of the 1890s and later including “Grainstacks,” “Rouen Cathedral” and “Water Lilies.”

In 1888, art dealer Theo van Gogh observed the impact of Monet's luminous paintings on viewers: “He has … the gift of being able to cast a ray of light in these pessimistic times, one that will bring clarity and encouragement to many.”

Viewing these singular works in one gallery brings alive Monet's mastery of his craft and genius with a powerful immediacy.

The wall text notes that when Swiss artist Georges Jeanniot visited Monet after he purchased his home in Giverny, he led him through the fields and “would stop before the most dissimilar of scenes, admiring each and making me aware of how splendid and unexpected nature is.”

The wall text continued, “With an endless supply of inspiration right before his eyes, Monet found splendor in the mundane, in poppies, poplars, and stacks of grain – making everyday scenes appear dazzling, teaching the modern eye to see the world anew.”

Not only did he recreate the beauty of an ordinary haystack and a majestic cathedral, Monet captured the ephemeral play of light, mixing his pigments with brushstrokes like a conjurer freezing a moment in time that becomes timeless for viewers.

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When the MFA held its first Monet exhibition in 1911, a writer for the Boston Traveler was struck by paintings that captured the beauty of nature while expressing the artist's emotion in a new visual language: “ Entering a gallery of all Monet paintings is like seeing and feeling all the colors of nature for the magic moment all brought together in a rainbow of dreams.”

'Monet and Boston: Lasting Impression'

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Note: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is temporarily closed due to COVID-19. In the meantime, visit mfa.org to see a preview of the exhibit and other information about Monet, and to get updates about the reopening of museum, which is expected this month.

WHERE: Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston

HOW MUCH: General Admission: $25; 'Monet' and General Admission, $30; Youth 17 and under, Free

NOTE: All visitors and members must reserve advance tickets online for general admission and special admission. All visitors must wear masks and maintain a social distance of six feet.

CONTACT: 617-267-9300; www.mfa.org

Claude Monet's Life

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