11 March 2025
Art

Monet and Renoir and Friends at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Jenniferby Jennifer

We’ve been to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston before, but decided to make a quick stop to see some favorites. We made a beeline for what we wanted to see, which of course started with the Impressionists. It’s a wonderful collection, but the Monet and Renoir collection is magnificent. These are just some of my favorites, there’s much more to see on a proper visit!

The cover photo is Water Lilies, Reflections of Weeping Willows, circa 1916-1919, Claude Monet.

Water Lilies, 1907, Claude Monet.

Claude Monet

Cliffs of Petites Dalles, 1880.
Entrance to the Village of Vetheuil in Winter, 1879.
Flower Beds at Vétheuil, 1881.
Detail on Flower Beds at Vétheuil, 1881.
La Japonaise, 1876. The model is his wife Camille Monet.
Poplars at Giverny, 1887.
Detail on Poplars at Giverny, 1887.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

The Seine at Chatou, 1881.
Landscape on the Coast, near Menton, 1883.
Dance at Bougival, 1883. Please believe me when I tell you this painting is wonderful. Before our visit I read a biography of the female model, Susan Valadon, who became a painter herself, along with her son, Maurice Utrillo. The book is Renoir’s Dancer by Catherine Hewitt (affiliate link).
Girls Picking Flowers in a Meadow, circa 1890. This painting features Julie, the daughter of Impressionist painter Berthe Morisot, and her cousin Jeanne.

Other Impressionists

La Croix-Blanche at Saint-Mammès, 1884, Alfred Sisley.
Sunlight on the Road, Pontoise, 1874, Camille Pissarro.
Grand Prix Day, 1887, Childe Hassam.  Hassam was American, but he went to France in 1886, where he wrote to a friend, “I am painting sunlight.” I think that comes through in this picture! The Arc de Triomphe is just visible on the left.
Postman Joseph Roulin, 1888, Vincent van Gogh. Though van Gogh is classified as post-impressionist, he was right in there with the “big” impressionists at the time, literally working alongside them for a time. This painting was done in Arles, in the south of France. Watch it come to life in the astounding movie Loving Vincent (affiliate link).

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