2025 Melbourne Winter Masterpieces®: French Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Melbourne Winter Masterpieces®

French Impressionism is a major exhibition developed by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in partnership with the National Gallery of Victoria. The exhibition charts the trajectory of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in late nineteenth-century France, highlighting the renowned avant-garde artists at the centre of this period of radical experimentation, who boldly rejected the artistic conventions of their time.

Drawn from MFA Boston’s rich collection of Impressionist masterworks, French Impressionism presents more than 100 paintings by key figures including Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro, Édouard Manet, Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, Paul Signac and Alfred Sisley. Audiences will have the opportunity to experience the hallmarks of Impressionism: distinctive brushwork, vivid use of colour, innovative viewpoints, and depictions of subjects and places dear to the artists.

Through ten thematic sections, French Impressionism will evoke the artistic energy and intellectual dynamism of the period by placing emphasis on the thoughts and observations of the artists themselves. Their words, as recorded in letters, journals and articles, will reveal the mutual admiration and personal connections that united the practitioners at the centre of this avant-garde movement.

Book now: https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/french-impressionism/

You may also like the following events from National Gallery of Victoria:

• This Friday, 22nd August, 08:00 am, NGV Friday Nights | Fia Fiell in Melbourne
• This Saturday, 23rd August, 01:00 am, Slow Looking with Monet in Melbourne
• This Sunday, 24th August, 01:30 am, Sunday Roast at NGV Garden Restaurant in Melbourne

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