Outline of Monet's Garden exhibition
Artwork
This exhibition comprises of 60 impressionist oil paintings by Monet. 50 of which come from the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris, while the rest come from Japan, the United States of America and the National Gallery in Canberra.
Click on the blue button below to watch a youtube clip of NGV welcoming Monet's Garden exhibition:
Click on the blue button below to watch a youtube clip of NGV welcoming Monet's Garden exhibition:
World<artwork
Monet's effect on our world:
Monets' artworks have had a great impact on our world due to the innovative techniques he implemented that are now characteristic of the French Impressionism movement.
These characteristics include:
The subject matter of monets paintings are of locations that monet was passionate about such as nature scenes and his garden in giverny. The subject matter also consisted of the places he traveled to such as the great rivers and coasts of europe, the waters of italy, england, holland and france.
Site and location of Monet's Garden exhibition:
The National Gallery of Victoria has 2 locations.
Monet's Garden is located at NGV International 180 St Kilda Road Melbourne.
Opening hours for Monet's Garden:
Open 10am–5pm daily (including Tuesdays) and 5.30–9.30pm Fridays (from 5 July – 6 September).
Entry cost:
$13 per ss including a 30 minute introductory talk in a lecture hall at NGV.
$12 per ss without the introductory talk.
Monets' artworks have had a great impact on our world due to the innovative techniques he implemented that are now characteristic of the French Impressionism movement.
These characteristics include:
- asymmetrical balance
- use of coloured shaddows
- use of pure colour
- broken colour or broken brushstrokes
- use of impasto or thick paint
- subject matter
- high horizontal line
- influence of Japanese prints
- painting en plein air
The subject matter of monets paintings are of locations that monet was passionate about such as nature scenes and his garden in giverny. The subject matter also consisted of the places he traveled to such as the great rivers and coasts of europe, the waters of italy, england, holland and france.
Site and location of Monet's Garden exhibition:
The National Gallery of Victoria has 2 locations.
Monet's Garden is located at NGV International 180 St Kilda Road Melbourne.
Opening hours for Monet's Garden:
Open 10am–5pm daily (including Tuesdays) and 5.30–9.30pm Fridays (from 5 July – 6 September).
Entry cost:
$13 per ss including a 30 minute introductory talk in a lecture hall at NGV.
$12 per ss without the introductory talk.
Artist<artwork
Oscar-Claude Monet (1840-1926) was one of the founding fathers of the French Impressionist movement.
This movement revolutionised French painting in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Monet generally painted landscapes and everyday scenes within a natural setting consisting of the people and places he knew best.
He rejected the traditional approach to landscape painting and instead painted his subject matter realistically and developed techniques to convey the ephemeral effects of nature.
Monet had a great passion for gardening. This love of nature is translated in his artworks.
Such as his paintings based on his beautiful water lilly pond in his garden at Giverny. In these paintings Monet presented the scene abstractly, used broad stokes and built up texture.
Monet painted 'en plein-air', working directly ont large scale canvases outside.
Monet was influenced by Japanese woodblock prints. This is evident in his asymmetrical arrangements of form.
Monet was very interested in capturing perceptual processes. For example, Monet painted the Rouen Cathedral many times, each one capturing variations of colour and light caused by the daily or seasonal changes.
Curatorial perspectives:
Ted Gott is the senior international curator in charge of curating Monet's Garden at NGV.
Ted and his team are responsible for organising the exhibition and catalogs and promoting the Monet's Garden events.
Monet's Garden is beautifully presented in a large area. The cream walls and warm wooden floorboards allow the colour on the canvas to be the primary focus of visitors attention. The canvases are displayed around the room with a few pieces being the focus at the entrance. Simple chairs are in the center of each room for visitors to sit down and appreciate the paintings.
Upon entering the exhibition the visitors walk through a walkway that is designed to look like a cobble stone street in the impressionist era France.
Upon leaving the exhibition visitors pass by a backdrop of Monet's Garden in Giverny where they are encouraged to take photos, then they enter a large room where a wrap around projector screen is playing a film of the real life secenes depicted in Monets paintings with a French music and nature sounds soundtrack.
This movement revolutionised French painting in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Monet generally painted landscapes and everyday scenes within a natural setting consisting of the people and places he knew best.
He rejected the traditional approach to landscape painting and instead painted his subject matter realistically and developed techniques to convey the ephemeral effects of nature.
Monet had a great passion for gardening. This love of nature is translated in his artworks.
Such as his paintings based on his beautiful water lilly pond in his garden at Giverny. In these paintings Monet presented the scene abstractly, used broad stokes and built up texture.
Monet painted 'en plein-air', working directly ont large scale canvases outside.
Monet was influenced by Japanese woodblock prints. This is evident in his asymmetrical arrangements of form.
Monet was very interested in capturing perceptual processes. For example, Monet painted the Rouen Cathedral many times, each one capturing variations of colour and light caused by the daily or seasonal changes.
Curatorial perspectives:
Ted Gott is the senior international curator in charge of curating Monet's Garden at NGV.
Ted and his team are responsible for organising the exhibition and catalogs and promoting the Monet's Garden events.
Monet's Garden is beautifully presented in a large area. The cream walls and warm wooden floorboards allow the colour on the canvas to be the primary focus of visitors attention. The canvases are displayed around the room with a few pieces being the focus at the entrance. Simple chairs are in the center of each room for visitors to sit down and appreciate the paintings.
Upon entering the exhibition the visitors walk through a walkway that is designed to look like a cobble stone street in the impressionist era France.
Upon leaving the exhibition visitors pass by a backdrop of Monet's Garden in Giverny where they are encouraged to take photos, then they enter a large room where a wrap around projector screen is playing a film of the real life secenes depicted in Monets paintings with a French music and nature sounds soundtrack.
Audience<artwork
Audience reaction during Monet's career:
Monet's rebellious new style of painting was not initially welcomed by the art community. It was actually considered controversial. France at the time cherished their traditional roots. Monet suffered repeated rejection in his early career. He began to come together with like minded artists including Fréderic Bazille, Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre Auguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley. Eventually they staged independent exhibitions with the support of a small circle of friends, art dealers, collectors and sympathetic critics. the unique characteristics of the paintings created by this group of artists became known as french Impressionism. It is a movement that revolutionized French painting and eventually built in popularity to a highly successful degree.
Audience reaction in 2013:
A world of reflections in NGV's Monet exhibition by Christopher Allan From The Australian (May 25, 2013 12:00AM)
An overall negative review:
This article states that there are many weak pieces in the exhibition and that the size of the blockbusters in the gallery space seriously detracts from the exhibition display. It also states that the organisation of the works are disunified at times, giving the example of 'crashing waves at etretat' being placed along side an indifferent coastal view. On the other hand the writer of this article does acknowledge the beauty of some of Monet's artworks, paying particular attention to the paintings based on his garden.
Review: Monet’s Garden Exhibition at NGV Posted by Diane Leow from meld magazine (May 22, 2013)
An over all positive review:
The writer of this article found themselves to be presently surprised with the exhibition. From the beginning she highlighted the undeniable beauty of Monet's works and stated that the curators really conveyed a sense of the person Monet was. The writer also gave the film presentation at the end positive credit and that it tied the whole exhibition together and brought Monet's garden in Giverny to the NGV.
Monet's rebellious new style of painting was not initially welcomed by the art community. It was actually considered controversial. France at the time cherished their traditional roots. Monet suffered repeated rejection in his early career. He began to come together with like minded artists including Fréderic Bazille, Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre Auguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley. Eventually they staged independent exhibitions with the support of a small circle of friends, art dealers, collectors and sympathetic critics. the unique characteristics of the paintings created by this group of artists became known as french Impressionism. It is a movement that revolutionized French painting and eventually built in popularity to a highly successful degree.
Audience reaction in 2013:
A world of reflections in NGV's Monet exhibition by Christopher Allan From The Australian (May 25, 2013 12:00AM)
An overall negative review:
This article states that there are many weak pieces in the exhibition and that the size of the blockbusters in the gallery space seriously detracts from the exhibition display. It also states that the organisation of the works are disunified at times, giving the example of 'crashing waves at etretat' being placed along side an indifferent coastal view. On the other hand the writer of this article does acknowledge the beauty of some of Monet's artworks, paying particular attention to the paintings based on his garden.
Review: Monet’s Garden Exhibition at NGV Posted by Diane Leow from meld magazine (May 22, 2013)
An over all positive review:
The writer of this article found themselves to be presently surprised with the exhibition. From the beginning she highlighted the undeniable beauty of Monet's works and stated that the curators really conveyed a sense of the person Monet was. The writer also gave the film presentation at the end positive credit and that it tied the whole exhibition together and brought Monet's garden in Giverny to the NGV.