You could not have heard of Claude Monet’s brother Léon – he was additionally a painter, in addition to an industrialist and artwork collector, and performed an essential position within the success of the impressionist motion.
This new exhibition on the Luxembourg Museum (just some minutes from our resorts), contains main works from Sisley, Pissarro, Renoir, Claude Monet and others, and can show you how to study extra a few “cordial and frank” man of “sharp, immediate intelligence” and the way his assortment, recommendation and work helped many artists to grow to be the star painters of their period.
We wouldn’t go as far as to say that Léon Monet was behind Claude Monet’s success, however he definitely performed an essential position in selling impressionism by founding the ‘Société industrielle’ in Rouen, being lively within the city’s many cultural associations and accumulating works from up-and-coming painters.
The exhibition exhibits work, drawings and images from Léon Monet’s assortment (in addition to key works by Claude) and offers an inside have a look at how issues have been within the Monet household. The primary of Claude Monet’s sketchbooks and his 1874 portrait of his brother are being offered for the primary time.
You’ll additionally find out about a extra technical side – the creation of latest manufacturing strategies that went on to revolutionise cloth printing, displaying the Monet household’s fascination for color.
The cultural occasions deliberate across the museum are detailed (in a French PDF) right here, together with:
— the presentation convention on twenty third March at 6.30pm, given by the exhibition’s curator (4 additional talks are additionally being held on different dates)
— 4 visits with two actors from the La Compagnie du Chapeau de Paille taking part in Claude Monet and Berthe Morisot as they take you across the exhibition
— a ‘drawing evening’ on 18th April from 7-9pm
— a particular musical present on Saturday thirteenth Could for Museum Evening (from 7.30-11.30pm)
…and different occasions, visits and workshops. Extra information right here.
The museum’s free app (right here) provides extra detailed info on a handful of the works on present, and permits you to obtain straight the audioguide (3.99€, out there in 5 languages) with additional information on round twenty works.
The app additionally features a ‘sound stroll’ by Guido Lusetti that may accompany your go to, out there on the web site right here too.
And as a good-looking memento of the exhibition that may help you study much more about Léon Monet, the exhibition’s catalogue (256 pages, 180 illustrations, 39€) has simply been revealed. Obtainable right here at your native Amazon.
L’exposition Léon Monet est au Musée du Luxembourg (ici) jusqu’au 16 juillet 2023
Ouvert tous les jours de 10h30 à 19h (22h le lundi). Fermé le 1er mai
Entrée : 14€ / 10€ (ventes en ligne ici). 10€ pour deux personnes de 16-25 ans du lundi au vendredi après 16h. Gratuit pour les moins de 16 ans
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