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Claude Monet French, 1840-1926 Water Lilies, 1914-17 Oil on canvas 65 3/8 x 56 in. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Collection, 1973.3

Wadsworth Atheneum opens Monet water lilies exhibit

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf

Claude Monet French, 1840-1926 Water Lilies, 1914-17 Oil on canvas 65 3/8 x 56 in. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Collection, 1973.3
Claude Monet French, 1840-1926 Water Lilies, 1914-17 Oil on canvas 65 3/8 x 56 in. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Museum purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Collection, 1973.3
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art has opened the doors on a special exhibition of French impressionist painter Claude Monet’s works.

The Hartford-based Atheneum is displaying 10 paintings loaned by public and private collectors that focus on Monet’s obsession with painting water lilies. The exhibit runs through June 12.

Monet produced more than 300 paintings inspired by his water gardens from age 74 until his death at 86.

The Atheneum’s exhibit also includes photographs of Monet and his gardens in Giverny, France, along with pictures of the gardens as they look today.

The Atheneum, which opened in 1844, is the country’s oldest public art museum. Its holdings include pieces by several renowned artists, including a 1907 Monet water lilies piece bequeathed by novelist and children’s literature writer Anne Parrish Titzel.

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ADDITIONAL IMAGES OF NOTE

Claude Monet French, 1840-1926 Japanese Footbridge, Giverny, 1895 Oil on canvas 31 x 38 ½ in. Philadelphia Museum of Art: Gift of F. Otto Haas, and partial gift of the reserved life interest of Carole Haas Gravagno, 1993, 1993-151-2

Claude Monet French, 1840-1926 Water Lilies with Reflections of Tall Grass, 1914-17 Oil on canvas 51 1/8 x 78 ¾ in. Private Collection
Claude Monet French, 1840-1926 Water Lilies with Reflections of Tall Grass, 1914-17 Oil on canvas 51 1/8 x 78 ¾ in. Private Collection
Claude Monet French 1840-1926 The Japanese Bridge, 1923-25 Oil on canvas 35 x 45 ¾ in. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Bequest of Putnam Dana McMillan, 61.36.15
Claude Monet French 1840-1926 The Japanese Bridge, 1923-25 Oil on canvas 35 x 45 ¾ in. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Bequest of Putnam Dana McMillan, 61.36.15
Nickolas Muray American, b. Humgary 18 9 2 – 19 6 5 Monet at Giverny, June 1926 Photograph printed from the original negative at George Eastman House 10 x 8 in. Private Collection
Nickolas Muray American, b. Humgary 18 9 2 – 19 6 5 Monet at Giverny, June 1926 Photograph printed from the original negative at George Eastman House 10 x 8 in. Private Collection