The "Monet and Impressionist Masters Exhibition" was held on March 18, 2021 at The Bund One, Shanghai, and lasted until August 1, 2021. I pre-purchased the exhibition tickets at the beginning of 2020, and due to the impact of the epidemic and the exhibition period, I postponed it twice, which can be described as itching and looking forward to it for a long time.
The exhibition ticket price is not cheap, but the scene looks good. My most recommended is to buy audio guide, this exhibition cooperation of the audio guide is very interesting, different from the general exhibition word straight flat straight narrative, humorous and vivid, to the viewer combed the Monet and Impressionism two lines, a good audio guide can bring exponential harvest and happiness, so that the communication between the viewer and the work becomes smooth. Monet and the Impressionists were largely young, and the audio guides incorporated some of the new "memes" of the present.
Impressionism as a whole pays attention to personal feelings and the display of light and color, which is relatively bright, so the on-site exhibition wall is a combination of cold gray, blue gray, purple gray tones, not eye-catching, can more intuitively show the gorgeous and rich color of the picture, this deeper background is very versatile, and oil painting works, often have a very palatial thick picture frame, impressionist picture has been ridiculed as "unfinished work", this exhibition visual effect is very "thick", sinking down.
Monet, Night View of the Seine in Puerto Villeze, 1894
There are 61 works in the exhibition hall, all of which are original works from the Monet Museum of Mamodan, which is quite large in number and the rate of authenticity. Combined with the audio guide, the exhibition is roughly chronological and divided into four parts: works of art genres that have a direct impact on the birth of Impressionism, works from Monet's mature period, works by other important painters of Impressionism, and giant flower works such as Monet's water lilies. Here I will pick a few impressive ones to share with you, and the rest is waiting for everyone to discover on their own.
Monet's Night View of the Seine in Puerto Villette and The Seine in Puerto Villeze depict the watery riverside, the vegetation in the near distance and the arched bridge looming in the distance, hidden in the waveless water. The audio guide is called "Changing Filters", similar to the "Rouen Cathedral" and "Haystack" series, which is the same angle, the light and color perception of different times and climates, not only depicting the scene of the entity, but showing the artist's state of mind at that moment. And my first reaction, I thought that Monet was depicting the Su Causeway of Hangzhou's West Lake, and even for a moment associated with the cool breeze and weeping willows in the evening of the West Lake, this feeling of combining East and West is very wonderful, perhaps this is the sensibility conveyed by the Impressionist painters, transcending the links of time and space and borders, with a sense of emotional spraying.
In order to enhance the communication between the art works and the audience, the distance between the exhibits is not close, and the exhibition is often scattered display, which gives the viewer a lot of space for divergence of thinking, even if there is no artistic common sense, when you stand in front of a painting, your feelings are the most important. Don't be afraid of not being able to understand, "ignorance" can sometimes stimulate the most authentic feelings, when you have received a certain degree of art education, the picture is easy to be disassembled, you may look at a painting from the structure, color, brushstrokes and many other trivial templates, resulting in a personal emotional effect is greatly reduced.
When it comes to painters, everyone can't help but be curious about their personal lives, and each of them has a rich story. At the low point of his life, Monet supported each other with his bankrupt art patron Oshod family, the two families lived together with eight children, Odysseus's wife Alice has been helping to take care of Monet's seriously ill wife Camille, just like every dog blood TV series, Monet and Alice eventually have a secret relationship. The only female painter in Impressionism, Morisso, was Manet's model and best friend, and the two had a close relationship and influenced each other's painting styles, but Manet and his governess Suzanne had been married for many years, and the child was 11 years old when they were married, and a few years later, Morisso married Manet's younger brother. These gossip is not only the talking point after the meal, often allowing us to look at a painter in more multiple dimensions, the visual information conveyed by a painting is limited, only by understanding the painter's personal life and personality, understanding this contradiction and conflict, and experiencing its creative ecology at that time, can we better communicate with the painting in both directions.
In the era of low female status, female painters often play more as models or assistants of male painters, and their works will be published under the guise of fathers and brothers. Morisso was unique as the only female painter in Impressionism, and during the period when Impressionism was criticized, critics described the group as "five or six madmen and a woman" as "five or six madmen and a woman." With a light and dashing brushstroke feeling, Morisso pays attention to the study of light and color, under the tutelage of Corot and Manet, "The Woman with the Fan" This painting depicts a Parisian high-society woman, richly dressed, lightly pinching the fan scene, the brushstrokes are delicate, the colors are bright, which shows the maturity and elegance of her painting skills.
Pissarro's "Winter, Return from the Bazaar", when I saw this painting, I was very excited, in the form of an "old friend", with a fan composition as a picture. This is the expression of the Impressionism influenced by Japanese painting at that time, this kind of paper watercolor painting is a popular exotic style at that time, and many painters have tried it. Here we have to mention the impact of the oriental art style displayed in Japan in the 19th century on the Western painting system and aesthetics, many Impressionists were admirers of Japanese culture, especially the absorption and integration of ukiyo-e, and Monet's garden in Giverny also referred to the elements of the Japanese garden, in which he completed the "Water Lilies" and "Nihonbashi" series of works.
At the end of the exhibition hall, the morning and evening of Monet's garden is screened, and the giant paintings of Monet's later period are displayed, including four different styles of "Water Lilies", four different color systems, which are very shocking and burning the life and struggle of the painter. It is also the most densely populated place, and for many people, Monet may be the only painter widely known to the audience in the whole show. Of course, it is also a good experience to know the whole Impressionism through one Monet.
Every time I see the Impressionists, I will think of the experience of learning to paint: when I first learned color, I painted a pure brown wine jar, and the teacher asked me to take a closer look, is the dark part of the jar a little red? Look closely and still a little blue, a little green? The ambient color is still a little yellow? To be honest, I didn't see it in the end, but I learned to add dots to any color, and I can only say that I am sorry. However, the visible impressionists' pursuit of light and color had a profound influence on the style of later generations, and today's examinations still need to "see the colors in black and white".
The overall feeling of the whole exhibition is good, Monet is obviously the most important of them, the "Water Lilies" series is the "treasure of the town hall" this time, the works of other painters are also three or four, but there are not many classic masterpieces, the exhibition shows more of the birth, maturity and division of Impressionism, and a small number of painters' works are suspected of being piggybacked. For example, the Neo-Impressionist Signek is famous for his pointillists, but unfortunately, only his watercolor works are on the scene, and the picture is very loose, but this piece can probably only be regarded as a supplement to the Impressionist vein.
Shanghai art exhibitions are extremely large-scale, often with dozens of exhibitions at the same time period. Therefore, here are a few tips for selecting exhibitions: First, pay attention to the relevant local art public accounts to obtain recent exhibition information and exhibition profiles. Second, like this kind of Western art exhibitions, many are loans, the proportion and number of authenticity rate need to pay attention to, some exhibition exhibits are many, but most of them are manuscripts, reproductions, others copy works, such exhibitions are biased towards research value, visual appreciation will be reduced. Third, your personal love is the most important, and if you have an eye, you can see it.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Kong Lingjun Text Editor: Kong Lingjun Caption Source: ic photo Image Editor: Su Wei
Source: Author: High Hopewell