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Monet Water Lilies: Special Exhibit at the High Museum of Art
Published: Jun 6, 2009
Claude Monet's monumental masterpieces of color, "Water Lilies", seems to melt into watery reflections that are truly captivating. Created because cataracts blurred the French artist's eyesight, his distorted color perception led to one of the most successful and well-known art lines of all time.
Monet began painting the four spectacular paintings on display at the High Museum of Art when he was in his 70's. The ocular lesions prompted the artist to use longer brushes, so he could stand farther away from his canvases, a trick familiar to many in need of reading glasses. The broad, more abstract style became what many consider to be his greatest work.
On display until August 23, the paintings are on loan from New York's Museum of Modern Art. The display includes the artist's renowned three-panel "Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond," the largest painting of Monet's lilies in the U.S.
Spending his last years in Giverney, which is about 40 miles from Paris, Monet built and expanded his luscious gardens. There, with the help of six full-time gardeners and a special studio, Monet painted more than 250 images of the now-famed water lilies.
Although most of the work on display are cool blue and green colors, one painting, "The Japanese Footbridge," displays a fiery red and gold palette, perhaps due to Monet's faltering vision. After a cataract operation, Monet was at first surprised by the sight of this painting, but decided he was pleased and wanted to remain loyal to his perception, according to the museum.
The Monet exhibit is part of a multi-year collaboration between the High and New York's Museum of Modern Art. In the fall of 2011, the High will present a major exhibit including a dozen influential 20th century artists including Brancusi; Picasso; Jasper Johns; Matisse; and Warhol.
- by Diane Loupe, Atlanta Reporter for HelloMetro
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