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The Seine at Giverny

Gallery 1

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Welcome to Giverny and American Impressionism

CMA Director of Art and Learning Jackie Adams welcomes you to In the Shadow of Monet: Giverny and American Impressionism and introduces you to guest curator Martha Severens. 

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Leaving an Impression

Tap the image to hear Severens talk about Monet’s influence on a new generation of painters.

Image: Photographic portrait of Claude Monet

Claude Monet
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The Weeping Willows on the Lily Pond at Giverny

Gallery 2

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Gardens of Giverny

Tap the image to hear Severens talk about Monet’s gardens and their eventual caretaker, Blanche Hoschedé-Monet.

Image: Photograph of Monet’s garden today

Monet’s Garden today
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A Visit to Claude Monet’s Garden at Giverny

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Young Faun with Heron

Gallery 2

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The MacMonnies Family

Tap the image to hear Severens talk about Giverny fixture Frederick William MacMonnies and his equally talented wife, Mary Fairchild MacMonnies.

Image: Frederick William MacMonnies (American, 1863–1937); Young Faun with Heron, designed 1889–1890; cast 1894; Bronze

Young Faun with Heron, designed 1889–1890
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Haystacks 

Gallery 2

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Haystacks

Tap the image to hear Severens talk about why haystacks inspired Monet and how that translated to the work of other artists visiting Giverny. 

Close up photograph of hay
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Reflections, Water Lily Series #2

Gallery 3

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Artist’s Advice

Tap the image to hear Severens talk about Blondelle Malone and her correspondences with Mary Cassatt and Claude Monet. 

Image: Mary Cassatt (American, 1844–1926); Young Girl at a Window (detail), c. 1883-1884; Oil on canvas; Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund)

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Portrait of Mrs. Theodore Frothingham, Jr. (Eleanor Fabyan)

Gallery 3

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Personable Drawing

Tap the image to hear Severens talk about John Singer Sargent’s friendship with Monet. 

Image: Photographic portrait of John Singer Sargent

Photographic portrait of John Singer Sargent
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Confidences 

Gallery 4

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Life in Giverny

Tap the image to hear Severens talk about the daily life of leisure that the visiting artists of Giverny enjoyed. 

Image: Photo of an artist painting en plein air in Giverny today

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Sunbath

Gallery 4

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Japanese Influence

Tap the image to hear Severens talk about the influence of Japanese art on this painting by Richard Edward Miller.  

Image: Richard Edward Miller (American, 1875–1943); Sunbath, 1924; Oil on panel transferred to plywood

Sunbath, 1924
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The First Snow

Gallery 4

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After Giverny

Tap the image to hear Severens talk about the end of an era in Giverny

Image: Lila Cabot Perry (American 1848–1933); The First Snow, 1926; Oil on canvas 

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