National Museum Wales collection “From Tuner to Monet”

I went to see the exhibition “Art of lights, the birth of impressionist school, from Turner to Monet”, which was a special event celebrating the 40th anniversary of Fukui Fine Art Museum. As you know, Turner was a painter from Britain and Monet was from France. Through the exhibition, I learned that British painters and French ones actually interacted together for the first time.

 

“San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk”(1908) by Claude Monet, which is used for the leaflets for the exhibition. Monet is famous for the series of “Water Lillies”, but he stayed in Venice at that time.

 

When I went to the museum, there was a collaborated exhibition with Fukui Bunka Fashion College, and several dresses inspired by the exhibited paintings and recreated 19th century costumes in Britain and France were displayed.

 

Is it remade from kimono? It looks antique and gorgeous.

 

It looks very elegant but actually it is a mini dress.

 

The pattern, the combination of different material and the color contrast are nice.

 

“The Palazzo Dario” by Claude Monet (1908)

 

I liked above one the most among the many paintings in the exhibition.
As Venice is painted in gentle pale colors brightly, it looks new to me. (H.S)

 

*The exhibition “From Turner to Monet” is being held until May 27th (Sun) at Fukui Fine Art Museum.