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The Musée du Luxembourg in Paris is devoting, until the end of July, an unprecedented exhibition to Léon Monet (1836-1917), the older and little-known brother of Claude Monet (1840-1926).
A color chemist, industrialist from Rouen, owner of a pigment factory and above all a collector, he was the first patron of the Impressionists.
The exhibition shows around thirty major works by Claude and his painter friends, but also those less known by painters from the School of Rouen alongside a collection of 17 Japanese prints.
The industrial city of Rouen at the time also features prominently with its pigments developed for the textile industry, color charts and color recipes. The intimacy of the bond between the two brothers appears in a new light thanks to this association of paintings and correspondence which testifies to their shared love for color and their fabulous artistic intuition.
From the first room, the scenography by Huber Le Gall highlights the two brothers with their large portraits, their loved ones and the landscapes in which they grew up.
Claude Monet - Flowering Garden at Saint Address, circa 1866 Oil on canvas, Musée d’Orsay Paris found in Germany after the Second World War and entrusted to the Guard of the National Museums,
1949, deposited at the Musée Fabre Montpellier.
© Rmn Grand Palais ( musée d’Orsay) Hervé Lewandowski