Monet: Legacy of Light

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Profiles French Impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840-1926) by reading excerpts from his writings and visiting places in France where he lived and worked, including Le Havre, Argenteuil, and Giverny. Describes his experimentation with capturing the effects of light, especially on reflective surfaces, culminating in his water-lily series. Discusses his two marriages, the gatherings of artists at his home in Giverny, and his friendship with French premier Georges Clemenceau. Includes archival footage of Monet at work. Produced in conjunction with an exhibition celebrating the painter's 150th birthday at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Art Institute of Chicago; and the Royal Academy, London.

Curator's Comments: A work intended for general audiences-more anecdotal and evocative than analytic. Does a good job of relating natural scenes to the paintings. A particularly noteworthy sequence is the series of dissolves on the different versions of haystack paintings to show the effects of light at different times of day.

DATE: 1989

COUNTRY: United States; Great Britain

CREDITS:
Director/Producer: Michael Gill
Executive Producer: Marcia Storkerson
Producing Agency: WGBH; Malone Gill Productions; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
28 minutes Color

TOPICS:
Light
Painting--Impressionist

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