Lecture at the Barnes: André Dombrowski on Monet Painting on Water

Barnes Foundation

“Painting on Water: Monet between Giverny and Venice”

Lecture series celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first impressionist exhibition.

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https://www.barnesfoundation.org/whats-on/talks/impressionism-at-the-barnes-dombrowski-on-monet

Claude Monet was the consummate painter of water. In many of his works, reflections on rivers and ripples on ponds offer permanent views of an evanescent visual world. At times, Monet painted such views from the water itself, working from studio boats, small ships, or Venetian gondolas. In this talk, André Dombrowski will consider the embodied experience of painting such a transitory surface from unstable vantage points. At the same time, we will consider deeper questions raised by Monet’s impressionism concerning the nature of reality and how we experience time.

This lecture is part of our Impressionism at the Barnes series celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first impressionist exhibition in Paris in 1874. Each talk highlights an impressionist (or neo-impressionist) artist in the Barnes collection, detailing their importance in the history of modern art and uncovering what made their work so radical to 19th-century audiences. Don’t miss Michelle Foa on Seurat at the Barnes and Martha Lucy on Renoir’s La Source.