Claude Monet in Milan: 53 works from the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris

Promoted by Municipality of Milan-Culture and produced by Royal Palace e artemisia, the exhibition is curated by Marianne Mathieu and is made in collaboration with the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris, from which the entire body of work comes, and theAcadémie Des Beaux – Arts – Institut de France.
The exhibition is part of the museological and exhibition project "World museums in the Royal Palace” born with the intention of making known the collections and the history of the most important international museums.

An exhibition itinerary where the public will be welcomed 53 works by Monet including his own Waterlilies (1916-1919), The parliament. Reflections on the Thames (1905) and Roses (1925-1926), his last and magical work: an extraordinary loan not only because it brings together some of the spearheads of Monet's artistic production, but also because of the enormous difficulty of this period in getting the works to travel from one country to another. The chronological itinerary traces the entire artistic parable of the Impressionist Master, read through the works that the artist himself considered fundamental, private, so much so that he jealously guarded them in his home in Giverny; works that he himself never wanted to sell and that tell us the greatest emotions related to his artistic genius.

The Musée Marmottan Monet – whose story is told throughout the exhibition – possesses the largest nucleus of works by Monet in the world, the result of a generous donation from Michel, his son, which took place in 1966 to the Parisian museum – which will take name of “Marmottan Monet”.
Subdivided into 7 sections and edited by Marianne Mathieu – art historian and scientific director of the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris – the exhibition therefore introduces the discovery of key works of Impressionism and Monet's artistic production on the theme of the reflection of light and its changes in the work itself. artist, the alpha and omega of his artistic approach.

Taking into account the whole excursus artistry of the Impressionist Master, starting from the very first works that tell of the new way of painting outside and from small-format works, we move on to the rural and urban landscapes of London, Paris, Vétheuil, Pourville and its many homes.
It is the world of Monet, with his full-bodied but very delicate brushstrokes and with that sometimes dim and sometimes blinding light that made famous masterpieces such as On the beach of Trouville (1870) Walk to Argenteuil (1875) and Charing cross (1899-1901), to name a few.

But not only. Verdant weeping willows, dreamlike avenues of roses and lonely Japanese bridges; monumental water lilies, wisteria with evanescent colors and a nature portrayed in every fleeting moment.