ExhibitionJanuary 17, 2020
Monet at Museum Barderini
From February 22 to June 1, 2020 the Museum Barberini will host a large-scale retrospective on French Impressionist artist Claude Monet (1840-1926). The exhibition shows the artistic diversity of Monet. From his first composition from 1858 to his late works from Giverny, visitors can follow the development of the Impressionist painter and the subtle elaboration of his own style. The Monet retrospective is the result of a collaboration between the Barberini Museum and the Denver Art Museum where it is exhibited from October 21, 2019 until February 2, 2020.
Daniel Zamani, curator at the Museum Barberini, explains: “Monet’s career has been the subject of intense scholarly scrutiny, but our focus on the places that inspired him offers new insights into his artistic interests and methods. Our aim is to demonstrate just how significant specific topographies were at key junctures in Monet’s career and to look more deeply into how and why these places influenced his development as a painter.”
The wide-ranging exhibition brings together over 100 Monet paintings, including numerous key loans from internationally important collections such as the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris, the National Gallery in London, the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, and the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. These works will be shown alongside numerous masterpieces from international private collections which are not usually accessible to the public, including a significant amount of loans from the US-based German entrepreneur Hasso Plattner, the Museum Barberini’s founder and benefactor.
Daniel Zamani, curator at the Museum Barberini, explains: “Monet’s career has been the subject of intense scholarly scrutiny, but our focus on the places that inspired him offers new insights into his artistic interests and methods. Our aim is to demonstrate just how significant specific topographies were at key junctures in Monet’s career and to look more deeply into how and why these places influenced his development as a painter.”
The wide-ranging exhibition brings together over 100 Monet paintings, including numerous key loans from internationally important collections such as the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris, the National Gallery in London, the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, and the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. These works will be shown alongside numerous masterpieces from international private collections which are not usually accessible to the public, including a significant amount of loans from the US-based German entrepreneur Hasso Plattner, the Museum Barberini’s founder and benefactor.
