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'Monet to Matisse' comes to Crocker Art Museum

A panorama of one of the most striking and revolutionary movements in the 19th century.

'Monet to Matisse' comes to Crocker Art Museum

A panorama of one of the most striking and revolutionary movements in the 19th century.

MORNING ALEIV TOUR ONE OF THE CROCKER ART MUSEUM’S NEWEST EXHIBITS K3 IS ERIN HEFTWIN SAYS LIVE NOW FMRO THE MUSEUM TO GIVE US AN INSIDE LOOK. AND GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, LETICIA THIS INCREDLEIB EXHIBIT HERE ATHE T CROCKER ART MUSEUM THE MONET MATISSE EXHIBITION. I’M ACTUALLY JOINED BY WLIILAM. YOU’RE A CURATOR HERE AND YOU WERE TELLING ME THAT TSHI IS ONE OF THE CENTERPIECES OF THIS OF THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW. TALKO T ME ABOUT IT. YES. THIS IS ONE OF THE MONOESND A THE EXHIBITION. THIS WAS ACTUALLY A IT’S A SCENE OF AA O TOWN IN NORTHNER NORTHERN FRANCE AND THE ARTIST IS SORT OF GIVING US THIS SORT OF SUNSET OF WINTER SUNSET YOU CAN SEE THE COLD SORT OF TO-HWNUDDLED HERE AND THEN WITH ALL OF THESE HUGE BSHRU STROKES OF COLOR AND ALLF O THESE SORT OF DIFFERENT COLORS WITH THE AND ACTUALLY HE TOOK THE ARTIST ACTUALLY ALMOST USES THE CANVAS. IS ANOTHER COLOR EXACTLY AND THIS IS KIND OF NEW TO THIERS A OF ART LIKE YOU WERE SHOWING ME. THERE’S JUST ONE OF 50 PIECES IN THIS ROOM. TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT’S DIFFERTEN ABOUT THIS KIND OF ERA OF ART. WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IMPRESSIONISM IS REALLY THE BASE OF A LOT OF MODERN ART. SO EVEN THOUGH WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE 1870S 80SHE T THE SORT OF WAY THAT ARTISTS APPROACHED THE WORLD AROUND THEM WAS VERY NEW. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT IS A SORT OF REVOLUTION AND IN THE EXHIBITIONRE A NAMES THAT YOU KNOW RENWAR MADEES ALL OF TSEHE PEOPLE WERE SORT OF DOING SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW WITH LIGHT WITH BRUSH STROKES THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. JUST JUST A MOMENT AGO WITH COLOR WAYS THAT SORT OF CHANGED THINGS AND MODERN ART WORLD. A REALLY SORT OF BEGANIT WH THEM IN A LOT OF WAYS I APPRECI. ATE IT WILLIAM. THANKS SO MUCH AND THIS CLOSET. YES, IT DOES NINTH OF JANUARY. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE ACTIVITY FOR THE FAMILY MYSELF. I WENT THROUGHT I ABOUT A MONTH AGO GORGE. WHAT A TREAT TO HAVE HERE IN SACRAMENTO AGAIN. IT CLOSES ON THE 9TH AND I WOULD CATCH IT IF YOU HAVEHE T TIME TO IN SACRAMENTO. AARON HAVE TO CASEYRA NE3 WS
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'Monet to Matisse' comes to Crocker Art Museum

A panorama of one of the most striking and revolutionary movements in the 19th century.

Through Jan. 9 the Crocker Art Museum is hosting an exhibition entitled "Monet to Matisse."Featuring masterworks of French impressionism, the 50 pieces of art featured come from the Dixon Gallery and Gardens.There are tours daily through the exhibition. The works provide a panorama of one of the most striking and revolutionary movements in the 19th century.The exhibition also features permanent pieces from the Crocker collection of sketchbooks in which famous impressionism era artists not only sketched paintings prior to execution, but also jotted notes on models of theirs, including addresses.The temporary exhibit is on display through Jan. 9, 2022.

Through Jan. 9 the Crocker Art Museum is hosting an exhibition entitled "Monet to Matisse."

Featuring masterworks of French impressionism, the 50 pieces of art featured come from the Dixon Gallery and Gardens.

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There are tours daily through the exhibition. The works provide a panorama of one of the most striking and revolutionary movements in the 19th century.

The exhibition also features permanent pieces from the Crocker collection of sketchbooks in which famous impressionism era artists not only sketched paintings prior to execution, but also jotted notes on models of theirs, including addresses.

The temporary exhibit is on display through Jan. 9, 2022.