Movie Matinee: Painting the Modern Garden:  From Monet to Matisse

Movie Matinee: Painting the Modern Garden:  From Monet to Matisse

Tuesday, May 20th, 1:00 P.M.

Library screens the documentary, “Painting the Modern Garden: From Monet to Matisse.” For many great artists, the garden has long been considered a desirable subject for the expression of color, light and atmosphere. Claude Monet is perhaps the most well-known painter of gardens, but other greats such as Van Gogh, Pissarro, Matisse and Sargent all viewed the garden as a meaningful focus for their talents. This documentary takes a magical journey from the gallery to the gardens, to Giverny and Seebüll and other glorious grounds favored by artists, and how early twentieth century artists designed and cultivated their own gardens to explore contemporary utopian ideas and motifs of color and form. The documentary is one hour and thirty minutes in length, not rated, and is made possible through public performance rights through Kanopy.