On a November morning in 1872, Claude Monet set up his easel and began furiously painting the foggy scene beyond his hotel balcony. As a Normandy native, Monet knew Le Havre’s harbor well, but he ...
Neo-Impressionism has a history of being underappreciated. When it emerged in the late 19th century, with its mechanical, dot-based, “pointillist” technique, some critics claimed it heralded the death ...
On March 28, the Hood Museum of Art debuted its new exhibit on Claude Monet, entitled “Monet: Reimaging the French Landscape.” Hood Museum curator of European Art Elizabeth Rice Mattison curated the ...