After having been out of time, I was determined to see the last temporary exhibition at the Musée Enter in Montauban before it closed on Sunday 18Th Can. Since this included a painting by Claude Monet (1840-1926), I would have bone, I’m sorry to lose it.
The Musée d’Orsay in Paris has one of the most important collections of impressionist paintings in the world. In recent years, he has given works of art to provincial museums, which allows those of us on the stick to throw a little collection. In 2025, Montauban was assigned to a Monet.
Last year, we saw a couple of works by Gustave Caillebotte in Montauban.
This year’s loan was a famous London Monet painting, dated 1904. This was one of the 100 works provided by the Musée d’Orsay on the subject “100 Oeuvres Qui Racon Tent Le Climat(100 works that tell the history of the weather).
The Musée Enter had joined the Monet with a job of their own collection of Olivier Debré (1920-1999) entitled “Tourine Ock(Ocre de Touraine tones; 1982-1983).
Both works of representation of Ríos, One Urban (Monet), the other rural (debré).
Monet represents the houses of the Parliament that are coming from the fog (or, more correctly, smog). The painting captures the way in which the contaminated atmosphere of the 20 yearsTh-Century London transforms the sun into a burning brightness that is reflected in the dark waters of Thames. The houses of Parliament seem to dissolve in the fog.
Debré’s paint is more abstract and fluid, evoking air, water and light along the banks of the Loira. The contrast to Monet’s work is quite surprising. The ‘crack’ at the top of the canvas reminded me of Leonard Cohen’s “anthem”, how the light enters.
I was especially interested in Monet, since I had seen a fascinating zoom talking about Monet in London a few months ago, organized by Artscapades. I was surprised to know that the duration of several stays in London, 1899-1901, Monet produced more than 100 photos of the city. He painted many of them from his room at the Savoy Hotel.
As his career progressed, Monet became a series of paint paintings increasingly in the same scene or similar at different times of the day and in different lights. His water lilies are probable the most famous, but he also painted numerous images of the Cathedral of Rouen, Los Pajares, Venice and London (the houses of the Parliament, the Waterloo bridge and the Cross Charing bridge).
Monet exhibited his paintings in Paris, but never achieved his ambition to show his paintings in London in London. Instead, Courtauld recently gathered them in an exhibition for the first time in London. Click the link and move down to see some of the most prominent aspects. You can also make a virtual tour of the exhibition (now finished).
I don’t think Monet has come to Montauban or southwest France in general. At least, I have been able to find some reference to a visit. If so, I would surely have found many subjects to paint. However, I preferred other places.
Useful advice: If you visit the Musée in Montauban, your ticket also offers a reduced entry rate for a year to the following attractions in southwest France (do not forget to cling to the ticket):
- Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi
- Musée Soulages, Rodez
- Musée Goya, Castrés
- Abbaye Saint-Pierre, Moissac
- Natural History Museum, Montauban
You may also like publications related to thesis:
Copyright © Life on La Lne 2025. All rights reserved.
