How Monet Learned To Be Like Water.

Claude Monet traveled to Venice when he was 68-years-old, experiencing a crisis of confidence and increasingly believing his best work was behind him. Recently, on my 68th birthday, I traveled to Golden Gate Park to see the new Monet & Venice exhibit at the deYoung. And there, any similarities to myself and Claude Monet end.

The exhibit presents Monet's water-focused art before, during, and after his trek to Venice. And it includes some striking takes on Venice by fellow giants of the canvas like Renoir and Sargent.

You should go...

Mr and Mrs Monet

Some of Monet's water themes before Venice, in England and France.

Monet's work during Venice.

A Renoir take on Venice.

A John Singer Sargent interior in Venice.

This ultra-realistic version was done by famed Venetian painter Giovanni Antonio Canal

The famed Water Lillies...

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