“Renoir: The Body, The Senses,” which is being shown at the Clark Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, this summer, is a special exhibition that, as a starting point, draws from its permanent collection. A beautifully illustrated catalogue accompanies this survey of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s work and career influences. I suggest the book as later reading because you don’t want to lessen the impact of seeing the actual paintings on view through September 22. Renoir’s artworks are paired throughout the multi-gallery show with paintings by close friends Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas and other masterworks that were of inspiration to the artist. There are also related paintings by early modernists including the work of Pablo Picasso and Fernand Léger whose work brings a dimension to the show that explores Renoir’s legacy of influence, an important aspect of the exhibit because it is a … [Read more...] about SUMMER IN WILLIAMSTOWN: RENOIR AND CONTEMPORARIES ON VIEW AT THE CLARK
Claude Monet
MONET’S WATERLOO BRIDGE: VISION AND PROCESS AT WORCESTER ART MUSEUM
Having a single work by a master on display in your museum can be a major attraction in its own right. Have nine of them — especially from a single series — and you’ve got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and event. That’s the case with “Monet’s Waterloo Bridge: Vision and Process,” which features nine paintings created from 1899 through 1901 by French Impressionist Claude Monet at the Savoy Hotel in London and completed back at his studio in Giverny that are on display through April 28 at the Worcester Art Museum. Local residents who have long had the honor of having a 1903 work from the series on permanent display at WAM have been basking in the limelight of having themselves surrounded by a strong representation of the series, much in the way Monet saw them when he created them in two rooms at the Savoy. The unique coupling is possible through loans from the Milwaukee Art … [Read more...] about MONET’S WATERLOO BRIDGE: VISION AND PROCESS AT WORCESTER ART MUSEUM