Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki has received on long-term loan its first painting by Claude Monet and is currently exhibiting the artwork.
The painting, Le pont japanois (Japanese bridge) (1918-1924) is the first Monet under Auckland Art Gallery's stewardship. It depicts Monet's famous waterlily garden and Japanese bridge, a scene he is most celebrated for and which he painted more than 100 times.
This is only the second Monet to be associated with a public collection in New Zealand. The Monet was presented to Auckland Art Galley on a five-year long-term loan by Soichiro Fukutake, initiator and owner of the Benesse Art Site in Naoshima, Japan.
The painting will be exhibited in the Gallery's current exhibition Game Changers: International Modernism.
Image source: Claude Monet, ‘Le pont japonais (Japanese Bridge)’ 1918–1924, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, on loan from the collection of Soichiro Fukutake.
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Last updated:
16 February 2019
