Presented are famous works by such floret-loving masters as Claude Monet, Camille Corot and Henri Matisse. Collection of Lawrence J. EllisonThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkIt is giftedly organized by Susan Alyson Stein (Engelhard Curator of 19th-Century European Painting, Department of European Paintings) with Colta Ives (Guest Curator and Curator Emerita, Department of Drawings and Prints) and the assistance of Laura D. Corey (Research Associate, Department of European Paintings). The accompanying book, Public Parks, Private Gardens: Paris to Provence (published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and distributed by Yale University Press), is written by Colta Ives. To savor many of the exhibit's painterly gardens in real life, consider a trip to France. And Monet's Giverny home — with voluptuous gardens, waterlily pond and footbridges — is now a museum, open to the public, and prettier than ever.

Source: Forbes March 08, 2018 00:22 UTC