Exhibition now closed
14 February – 17 May 2009
Visa Platinum Gallery, Level 4

Monet and the Impressionists is the largest and richest collection of Impressionist paintings ever to come to New Zealand.

This is a rare chance to see over 50 paintings from one of the world's finest collections of 19th-century French painting, held by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Twenty-seven stunning paintings by Claude Monet – including works from his Water Lily, Haystacks, and Rouen Cathedral series – are displayed alongside Impressionist masterpieces by Renoir, Degas, Cézanne, Pissarro and others.

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Claude Monet, Meadow with poplars  c.1875, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: bequest of David P. Kimball in memory of his wife Clara Bertram Kimball. Photograph © MFA, Boston

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Major sponsor: AccorVisa entertainmentNew Zealand governmentMinistry of Culture and HeritageWellington City Council

This exhibition is jointly organised by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

Image: Claude Monet, Meadow with poplars  c.1875, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: bequest of David P. Kimball in memory of his wife Clara Bertram Kimball. Photograph © MFA, Boston