Monet at the Hood Museum

Two masterpieces by famous French Impressionist Claude Monet will be on view at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, March 29 through September 28, 2025 for all visitors to experience free of charge. Monet's Pommiers en fleurs (Apple Trees in Bloom) (1872) and Route près de Giverny (Road near Giverny) (1885) are on loan to the Hood Museum from the Gregg Turk Foundation during the museum's 40th anniversary year. "Since opening in 1985, the Hood Museum has held countless important exhibitions, but we have not yet had the opportunity to feature two major Monet paintings in our galleries. What a way to celebrate!" says Dr. John Stomberg, the Hood Museum of Art's Virginia Rice Kelsey 1961s Director.

Monet's paintings are the centerpieces of the upcoming exhibition Monet: Reimagining the French Landscape, curated by Dr. Elizabeth Rice Mattison, the museum's Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Academic Programming and curator of European art. Each work marks an important moment in the development of the artist: as a younger pioneer breaking with academic tradition, then as a mature painter honing his style on the landscapes around his home. Monet's works will be joined by four paintings from the museum's permanent 2 collection by artists who followed in his wake. The installation, in all, highlights a moment when French artists looked at the landscape, and the art of painting itself, with fresh eyes.

About the works, Rice Mattison says, "With their focus on nature, these paintings offer an exceptional complement to our existing collecting and teaching strength in environmental art. In putting these paintings in dialogue with selections from our permanent collection, I look forward to working with faculty and students across the curriculum to imagine the histories and potentials of the landscape."

Stomberg adds, "We are thrilled to be able to share the work of Monet with our many audiences. This focused exhibition features one of the most popular artists of the modern era. Having Monet's work, which literally named the Impressionist movement, on view in the Upper Valley is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and everyone is invited."