Monet鈥檚 Floating Worlds at Giverny: Portland鈥檚 Waterlilies Resurfaces
The monumental canvas Waterlilies by Claude Monet is perhaps the most treasured painting in the Portland Art Museum鈥檚 collection. Now, after over 65 years, it will finally look much as the artist intended鈥攚ithout varnish. The detailed process of conservation resulted in new color harmonies and brightness. To celebrate the restoration of the painting and the campus transformation project, this beloved icon will be presented in its historical context. Monet and his fellow Impressionists were obsessed with Japanese 鈥渇loating world鈥� prints that had only been available in Europe and the United States for a few decades, yet transformed the way artists looked at the world. They introduced new concepts of beauty and new ways of seeing the world that decentered the European tradition.
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The monumental canvas Waterlilies by Claude Monet is perhaps the most treasured painting in the Portland Art Museum鈥檚 collection. Now, after over 65 years, it will finally look much as the artist intended鈥攚ithout varnish. The detailed process of conservation resulted in new color harmonies and brightness. To celebrate the restoration of the painting and the campus transformation project, this beloved icon will be presented in its historical context. Monet and his fellow Impressionists were obsessed with Japanese 鈥渇loating world鈥� prints that had only been available in Europe and the United States for a few decades, yet transformed the way artists looked at the world. They introduced new concepts of beauty and new ways of seeing the world that decentered the European tradition.
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