Claude Monet (1840-1926)

At 18 years old, the future father of Impressionism was already famous for his caricatures, a fine example of which has just been sold in Deauville.

A landscape with willows painted shortly after the master moved to Giverny is shortly coming up at auction. The painting with its iridescent light has not been seen in public since 1948.

The star of the Impressionists still commands top auction prices. Since January, he has ranked first in Artprice’s provisional standings, totaling over $450M.

The result of a partnership with the Musée Marmottan in Paris, this exhibition does not aim to revolutionize the discourse on Impressionism, but provides a highly informative journey through the painter’s world with some 30 works encapsulating the development of his art.

This typical 19th-century house, in which the impressionist painter lived between 1874 and 1878, has benefited from an in-depth renovation in order to offer a visit that "brings to life the painter's paintings, hidden in the furniture and architecture". The site is slated to open on September 17.

Both the Fondation Claude Monet that runs the impressionist painter’s house, and the Musée des Impressionnismes, in Giverny, Normandy, will reopen on April 1. In addition to the famous gardens depicted in his Waterlilies paintings, the exhibition “Gardens: Monet to Bonnard” will open in the museum.

According to TAN, the institution is preparing an exhibition on the Impressionist and will host an adapted version of Joan Mitchell's American retrospective. A request for loans from private collectors has started. The American artist lived in France in 1959 in a house where Monet stayed.

An engraver, member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts and director of the Musée Marmottan Monet since October 2020, Desmazières is preparing the transformation of an institution that celebrates its 90th anniversary this year. We take a look at his work in detail.

Monet uses subtle variations in light to depict this town in Normandy, opening towards the sea and a new horizon.

The Musée des Impressionnismes hosts a show comparing two giants of modernity, highlighting their elective affinities.