York Art Gallery has brought in Monet’s, ‘The Water-Lily Pond’ from the National Gallery to mark their 200th anniversary.

Claude Monet will be the inspiration for the new exhibition at York Art Gallery. The exhibition will run from May 10- September 8th.

The painting was originally painted in 1899 and was influenced by a plot of land beside Monet’s home in Giverny. The painting was done over a 30 year period and was done even when Monet had cataracts. He had already painted the landscape before but this painting was meant to be “both for the pleasure of the eye and for the purpose of having subjects to paint”.

Monet is a french artist born in 1840 and died at the age of 86, in 1926. He is the founder of the impressionism movement and often painted landscapes as he saw them. Monet is known to have painted the same landscapes repeatedly to specifically pin-point the accuracy of the colours and light. That inevitably led to his vibrant body of work.

In addition to Monet’s renowned piece the exhibition also has pieces from York’s Art Gallery, loans from national and regional museums, and a spectacular new piece from contemporary artist Michaela Yearwood-Dan.

The exhibition is sponsored by wealth management company JM Finn and Little Greene Paint Company as the official paint partner.

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