Claude Monet, Bank of the Seine, c. 1869, Pastel on tan paper, 245 x 425 mm. Private collection

WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.- An unprecedented exhibition challenging the conventional, long-held understanding of Claude Monet's artistic process and life, The Unknown Monet: Pastels and Drawings, opens at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute on June 24 and remains on view through September 16, 2007. The Royal Academy of Arts, London, will be the first venue, from March 17 to June 10, 2007. Drawing upon recently discovered documents and a body of graphic work largely unknown to the public and scholars alike, the exhibition reveals that Monet (1840-1926) relied extensively upon drafting in the development of his paintings in addition to painting his subjects directly. Monet has long been seen as an anti-draftsman, having denied the role of drawing in his working method in an effort to advance his public image as an Impressionist. La suite sur http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=19610