Monet masterpieces from the Musée Marmottan in Paris at the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa

Claude Monet ’s masterpieces from the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris arrive on display at the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa, in the Sala del Munizioniere: in fact, from February 11 to May 22, 2022, the Ligurian capital will dedicate an exhibition to the great master of Impressionism.

More than fifty works, including the famous Water Lilies (1916-1919) and The Roses (1925-1926), will make up an exhibition itinerary arranged in chronological order: paintings to which the painter was intimately attached, so much so that he kept them jealously guarded in his home in Giverny, and which represent his artistic talent. Today they are housed in the museum that holds the world’s largest nucleus of Monet’s works, the Musée Marmottan in Paris, which grew out of a 1966 donation by his son Michel.

Although he spent much of his time in Paris and traveled extensively in France and abroad, Monet preferred the countryside and lived for more than fifty years along the Seine, growing more and more interested in gardening, the flower beds that graced his first houses in Argenteuil and his magnificent gardens in Giverny, a place to contemplate nature and a source of inspiration.

The public will be welcomed into a dreamlike, specially created lush garden, where they will have the opportunity to admire works such as his beloved Water Lilies, Irises (ca. 1924-1925), Emerocallids (ca. 1914-1917), Weeping Willow (ca. 1918-1919), the various versions of The Japanese Bridge and his last and magical work, Roses (ca. 1925-1926).

Curated by Marianne Mathieu, art historian and scientific director of the Musée Marmottan Monet, the exhibition is divided into seven sections and presents all the main themes of Impressionism and Monet’s artistic research around light. From the early works chronicling the revolution of en plein air painting, characterized by the small format, to the large landscapes, rural and urban. There is all of nature portrayed: the verdant weeping willows, dreamy rose avenues, Japanese bridges and monumental water lilies, and wisteria.

The Monet exhibition is promoted and organized by Palazzo Ducale Fondazione per la Cultura and Arthemisia, in collaboration with the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris.

For more info: https://palazzoducale.genova.it/

Hours: Monday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Tuesday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Monet masterpieces from the Musée Marmottan in Paris at the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa

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