The Denver Art Museum (DAM) is home to the most comprehensive U.S. exhibition of Monet paintings in more than two decades as it presents “Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature.” The exhibition features about 120 paintings spanning Monet’s entire career and will focus on the celebrated French impressionist artist’s enduring relationship with nature and his response to the varied and distinct places in which he worked.
Co-organized by the DAM and the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany, Denver is the sole U.S. venue for this presentation, on view through February 2, 2020. The exhibition will travel to the Museum Barberini in the spring of 2020.
Monet traveled more extensively than any other impressionist artist in search of new motifs. His journeys to varied places, including the rugged Normandy coast, the sunny Mediterranean, London, the Netherlands, and Norway, inspired artworks that will be featured in the presentation. The exhibition uncovers Monet’s continuous dialogue with nature and its places through a thematic and chronological arrangement, from the first examples of artworks still indebted to the landscape tradition, to the revolutionary compositions and series of his late years.
“We’re thrilled to organize and present this monumental exhibition, which provides a new perspective on such a beloved artist,” said Christoph Heinrich, Frederick and Jan Mayer Director of the DAM. “Visitors gain a better understanding of Monet’s creative process and how he distanced himself from conventions associated with the traditional landscape genre of painting.”
The presentation of “Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature” explores Monet’s continuous interest in capturing the quickly changing atmospheres, the reflective qualities of water and the effects of light, aspects that increasingly led him to work on multiple canvases at once. Additionally, the exhibition examines the critical shift in Monet’s painting when he began to focus on series of the same subject, including artworks from his series of haystacks, poplars, Waterloo Bridge, and water lilies.
For more information, please visit www.denverartmuseum.org.
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