Monet in Normandy at The Cleveland Museum of Art

Written by Claire Frizzell Wednesday, 17 November 2010 22:42

Cleveland Ohio - 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.

Monet in Normandy is organized geographically and chronologically and features about 50 oil paintings of Sainte-Adresse, Fécamp, Pourville, Varengeville, Étretat and Giverny from the 1860s through 1926.  The Cleveland venue is the only of the three to include Monet's Water Lilies (about 1920-26), a beloved work of art from CMA's permanent collection, too fragile to travel to the other venues.

Curators: Heather Lemonedes, Ph.D.; Richard Brettel, Ph.D.; Lynn Federle Orr, Ph.D.; David Steel, Ph.D. GALLERY TALKS for "Monet in Normandy" Free to public with exhibition ticket.  Convenes at exhibition entrance.

The Cleveland Museum of Art permanent collection includes more than 40,000 objects.  In this database you will find records for all of the objects in the collections, however not all of them have images.  The number of images in the online database will continue to grow as items in the collection are photographed and added.  Visit : www.clevelandart.org