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Monet in his garden at Giverny, 1921
Claude Monet, the quintessential impressionist who, to this day, elicits oohs and aahs from gallery patrons, is the subject of an upcoming exhibit at the Kimbell Art Museum, which will open to the public June 16.
Highlighting the French painter’s later works — from 1913 to his death in 1926 — the exhibit will include 52 paintings, including more than 20 examples of Monet’s famous water lily paintings, as well as some of his lesser-known works — some of which will be displayed for the first time in the U.S.
Carefully curated from major public and private collections throughout the globe, the exhibition will mark the first time in 20 years since an expo was dedicated to the final phase of Monet’s career — a time when the artist was emboldened to pursue a more abstract style of painting.
On the figurativism side of the art world, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth will begin displaying the works of David Park on June 2.
It’s been nearly 60 years since the untimely death of David Park, a San Francisco-based painter and purveyor of the revivalism of figurative art in the U.S. In 1950, Park abandoned the prevalent abstract style of painting in favor of painting the human form and was at the forefront of the Bay Area figurative movement.
Organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the expo will feature 114 of Park’s works — displayed chronologically — which showcase his entire career arc, from the 1930s to his death in 1960.
“David Park: A Retrospective” will run from June 2 to Sept. 22, while “Monet: The Late Years” will run from June 16 through Sept. 15. You can learn more about both exhibitions and the museums’ hours at their respective websites, kimbellart.org and themodern.org.
