"Monet in Normandy" au Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA)
Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926), Grainstack, Sun in the Mist, 1891, 25 5/8” x 39 3/8”. Oil on Canvas, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton, The Putnam Dana McMillan Fund, The John R. Van Derlip Fund, The William Hood Dunwoody Fund, The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, Alfred and Ingrid Lenz Harrison, and Mary Joann and James R. Jundt, 1993.20.
CLEVELAND, OH.- The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is thrilled to announce the opening of Monet in Normandy, a groundbreaking exhibition celebrating the intimate relationship between Claude Monet and the stunning landscape of Normandy, on view February 18 through May 20, 2007, at CMA. Organized by The Cleveland Museum of Art, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the North Carolina Museum of Art, Monet in Normandy is the first scholarly exhibition to examine Monet’s lifelong attachment to this unique region of France. The rugged shoreline and imposing cliffs of Normandy’s coast, the countryside of shimmering wheat and poppy fields, the picturesque villages of the region’s interior and the artist’s garden at Giverny were mainstays in Monet’s life. His evolving depictions of this quintessentially French landscape over more than 60 years trace the development of a long and remarkable artistic career. Monet in Normandy features works on loan from American and European museums and private collections. (courtesy www.Artdaily.org)