Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Uncategorized Monet's Water Lilies surface at the High
Posted by Debbie Michaud @DebsMichaud on Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 3:14 PM
The famed French impressionist used up a lot of paint depicting the water lilies that coated the pond at his home in Giverny, France. He painted the aquatic blooms more than 250 times — enough to make his name pretty much synonymous with the flower. Through a collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the High Museum will bring four of the popular works to Atlanta (and the Southeast) for the first time.
From the High Museum:
The installation will feature MoMA’s renowned 42-foot-wide triptych, “Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond,” which is the largest “Water Lilies” painting in the U.S. The High’s presentation of “Monet Water Lilies” launches a multi-year, multi-exhibition collaboration between the High and MoMA, with additional exhibitions currently under development for 2011 through 2013.... “Monet Water Lilies” will also include another monumental painting of the water lilies in the Japanese-style pond that Monet cultivated on his property in Giverny, France (“Water Lilies,” c. 1920, 6' 6 1/2" x 19' 7 1/2"), as well as “The Japanese Footbridge” (c. 1920-22) and “Agapanthus” (1918-19), depicting the majestic plants bordering the pond.
The exhibition will run June 6-Aug. 23.
(Photo courtesy the High Museum)
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