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Monet: A Bridge to Modernity
In Monet: A Bridge to Modernity, the National Gallery of Canada brings together twelve seminal works from collections around the world to explore Claude Monet鈥檚 innovative experiments with the motif of the bridge between 1872 and 1875, in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War.
At the heart of this dossier show is Monet鈥檚 historic painting Le pont de bois (1872), currently on long-term loan to the Gallery. In this and other works painted during a three-year period in Argenteuil, a small town on the outskirts of Paris, Monet emerges as a methodical artist who used the local bridges to work out his aesthetic concerns. What resulted were compositions of startling modernity that cemented Monet鈥檚 status as one of the leaders of the avant-garde.
Monet鈥檚 paintings are accompanied by nineteenth-century photographs, illustrations, guide books, Japanese prints and postcards. A truly immersive experience, Monet: A Bridge to Modernity provides a fresh view of some of the Impressionist鈥檚 most beloved works from a pivotal period in his career.
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In Monet: A Bridge to Modernity, the National Gallery of Canada brings together twelve seminal works from collections around the world to explore Claude Monet鈥檚 innovative experiments with the motif of the bridge between 1872 and 1875, in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War.
At the heart of this dossier show is Monet鈥檚 historic painting Le pont de bois (1872), currently on long-term loan to the Gallery. In this and other works painted during a three-year period in Argenteuil, a small town on the outskirts of Paris, Monet emerges as a methodical artist who used the local bridges to work out his aesthetic concerns. What resulted were compositions of startling modernity that cemented Monet鈥檚 status as one of the leaders of the avant-garde.
Monet鈥檚 paintings are accompanied by nineteenth-century photographs, illustrations, guide books, Japanese prints and postcards. A truly immersive experience, Monet: A Bridge to Modernity provides a fresh view of some of the Impressionist鈥檚 most beloved works from a pivotal period in his career.
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