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Explore the world-famous collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, as well as other exhibitions on view at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Learn about the history, culture, and impact of these works and join the community of art lovers.
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Learn about the history, collections, and facilities of the 20th-largest art museum in the world, located in Boston's Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood. The museum has over 450,000 works of art, including paintings, sculptures, and gardens, and hosts traveling exhibitions and events.
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Learn about the MFA's mission, history, leadership, and collections of nearly 500,000 works of art from around the world. Explore how the MFA welcomes diverse perspectives, inspires conversations, and creates a community for all.
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- Monet and Japonisme
- Monet and Millet
- Monet, Rodin, and Boston
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First things first: Don’t just breeze past the black and white film of Monet at the entrance of the exhibit. Wait for the dramatic pause at the end of the film for a dramatic reveal of the first room of the gallery through a translucent scrim. In the first room, visitors will find themselves admiring Entrance to the Village of Vétheuil, Winter–mayb...
Japonismeis a French term that describes Japanese art’s popularity among Western artists in the late 19th century, and the room seeks to display how Japanese art influenced Monet. The primary fixture in the room is the life-size, vertical painting of a woman in a red kimono holding a paper fan: La Japonaise. This painting holds clues that contradic...
After Monet and Japonisme, the next room is dedicated to Monet and Jean-François Millet, a French avant-garde painter who paved the way for impressionism and was collected by Bostonians in “even greater depth and intensity” than Monet, says Hanson. Hanson particularly highlighted a Millet called Cliff’s at Gruchy, a work often mistaken for a Monet ...
Immediately to the right in the Monet, Rodin, and Boston room is another black and white film, this time of Rodin. Watch him work and sculpt but stay until the end: Eventually, Rodin turns to the camera displaying his face and big beard, which is filled with chunks of stone. What’s notable about Rodin’s sculptures, says Cambareri, are their unfinis...
Learn how to appreciate Monet's impressionist paintings and their influences at the Museum of Fine Arts' "Monet and Boston: Legacy Illuminated" exhibit. Discover the connections between Monet and Japanese art, Millet, Rodin, and Boston collectors.
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