It’s hard to say whether Monet was a painter who gardened or a gardener who painted, but he was a pivotal figure in both artsWas Claude Monet a painter who gardened? Or a gardener who painted? Visitors to the Royal Academy’s exhibition Painting the Modern Garden, in which Monet is the dominant presence, may find the difference as tricky to resolve as the horticultural details of the blooms conjured by his brushwork. Related: Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse review – thrillingly cosmic Continue reading…
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