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Claude Monet

Paris, 1840 - Giverny, 1926

Morning on the Seine

Date	1898
Materials and Techniques	oil on canvas
Size（cm）	73 x 91.5
Inscriptions	Signed and dated lower left: Claude Monet 98
Credit Line	Purchased
Standard ref.	Wildenstein 1499
Category	Paintings
Collection Number	P.1965-0004

Monet woke up early in the morning to create the "The Seine in the Morning" series during the years 1896-97. The series is known for its introduction of a decorative effect and the numerous colors used in their depiction of the misty Seine river near Giverny on summer mornings. This work, like the others in the "The Seine in the Morning"series, was painted a set time in the morning from a particular spot along the Seine. Willows float along the surface of the river and waves wash over clumps of grass as the changing forms of nature resonate in Monet's vibrant brush strokes. The movements of the brush which mimic the wind moving amongst branches, leaves and waves also directly convey the tension of Monet's attempts to capture the moving forms of nature in a single instant. (Source: Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2009, cat. no.76)

Provenance

Kiichi Mimura, Ashiya, Japan.

Exhibition History

1981: Impressionists in Japan, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, 25 October 1981 - 29 November 1981, cat. no. 6, repr.
1985: Permanent exhibition, Ohara Museum of Art, 20 March 1985 - 20 July 1985
1986: Claude Monet, Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, 29 April 1986 - 30 June 1986, cat. no. 93, col. repr.
1986: Renoir et les impressionnistes, Hokkaido Hakodate Museum of Art, 23 September 1986 - 3 November 1986, cat. no. 7, col. repr.
1988: Paintings by French Artists from the late 19th to early 20th Century in Japanese Collections, The State Puskin Museum, Moscow, 12 January 1988 - 10 February 1988, The State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, 16 February-24 March, cat. no. 10
1990: Monet in the 90’s: The Series Paintings, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 7 February 1990 - 29 April 1990, cat. no. 84, repr. color., The Art Institute of Chicago, 19 May 1990 - 12 August 1990, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 7 September 1990 - 9 December 1990
1994: Monet: A Retrospective, Hiroshima Museum of Art, 18 June 1994 - 31 July 1994, cat. no. 63, col. repr.
1997: Resonating Love and Life: European Art from National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Nagaoka, 12 April 1997 - 18 May 1997, cat. no. 20
2006: Monet in Normandy, Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 17 June 2006 - 17 September 2006, North Carolina Museum of Art, 15 October 2006-14 January 2007, cat. no. 55, col. repr.
2008: Exhibition, Randers Museum, Denmark, 1 September 2008 - 31 December 2008
2010: Monet and the Artists of Giverny: The Beginning of American Impressionism, The Bunkamura Museum of Art, 7 December 2010 - 17 February 2011, The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, 2011年2月25日-4月10日, cat. no. 8, col. repr.
2013: Monet, An Eye for Landscapes: Innovation in 19th Century French Landscape Paintings, Pola Museum of Art, 13 July 2013 - 24 November 2013, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 7 December 2013-9 March 2014, cat. no. 65, col. repr.
2020: Monet and Matisse: Visions of the Ideal, Pola Museum of Art, 23 April 2020 - 3 November 2020, no. 26, col. repr.
2021: National Touring Exhibition of Western Art from the NMWA: When Here and Afar Meet: Western Art in Yamagata / Western Art in Takaoka, Yamagata Museum of Art, 17 July 2021 - 27 August 2021, Takaoka Art Museum, 10 September-24 October 2021, cat. no. Y3_33 | T3_9
2022: In Dialogue with Nature - from Friedrich, Monet and Van Gogh to Richter, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 4 June 2022 - 11 September 2022, cat. no. 9

Bibliography

1932: Yashiro, Yukio. Seiyo kindai kaiga tenrankai ni tsuite. Bijyutsu kenkyu. no. 9, September 1932, pp. 1-25.
1942: Garon. no. 6, February, 1942 , col. repr.
1967: Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 1, 1967, Catalogue of the New Acquisitions. pp. 20-21, no. P-345. repr.
1968: Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 2 (1967), 1968, Nakayama, Kimio, preface; Kuroe, Mitsuhiko, catalogue. Claude Monet dans les collections japonais. Catalogue of the New Acquisitions. pp. 17-18, no. 27, col. repr. p. 51.
1971: Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1971 (Japanese), no. 53, repr.
1975: Les cent chefs-d'œuvre du Musée National d'Art Occidental. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1975 (Japanese), no. 37, repr.
1978: Masterpieces of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1978 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 44, repr.
1979: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 198, repr.
1979: Wildenstein, Daniel. Claude Monet, biographie et catalogue raisonné. tome 3, Lausanne/ Paris, 1979, p. 218, no. 1499, repr (as "Matinée sur la Seine, temps de pluie"); tome 5, 1991, p. 51.
1981: Impressionists in Japan (exh. cat.). Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, 1981, cat. no. 6, repr.
1986: Renoir et les impressionnistes (exh. cat.). Hokkaido Hakodate Museum of Art, ed. [Sapporo], The Hokkaido Shimbun, 1986, pp. 76-77, 111, cat. no. 7, col. repr.
1986: Claude Monet, 1840-1926 (exh. cat.). Esteban Leal, Paloma; Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo. [Madrid], Ministerio de Cultura; Fundación para el apoyo a la cultura, [1986], pp. 378-379, 499, cat. no. 93
1988: Paintings by French Artists from the Late 19th to Early 20th Century in Japanese Collections (exh. cat.). The State Pushkin Museum; The State Hermitage State Museum, [n.p.], 1988, cat. no. 10, repr.
1990: Tucker, Paul, Hayes. Monet in the '90s: The Series Paintings. Boston/ New Haven/ London, 1990, pp. 233, 244, repr.
1992: The French Modern Art, from The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (exh. cat.). The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, ed. Okinawa, Urasoe Art Museum, 1992, p.16, cat. no. 6, col. repr
1994: Monet: A Retrospective (exh. cat.). Bridgestone Museum of art, Ishibashi Foundation; Nagoya City Art Museum, eds. Nagoya, The Chunichi Shimbun, 1994, pp. 184-185, cat. no. 63, col. repr.
1996: Wildenstein, Daniel. Monet: Catalogue raisonné. vol. 3, Cologne, Taschen, 1996, p. 631, cat. no. 1499, repr. color.
2006: Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2006 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 76, col. repr.
2006: Monet in Normandy(exh.cat.). Lemonedes, Heather; Federle Orr, Lynn; Steel, Lynn; Richard Brettell. eds. New York, Rizzoli, 2006, cat. no. 55, col. repr.
2009: Masterpieces of The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art; Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2009, no. 76, col. repr.
2010: Monet and the Artists of Giverny: The Beginning of American Impressionism(exh. cat.). Fukuoka, Nishinippon Shimbun, c2010, cat. no. 8, col. repr.
2013: MONET, An Eye For Landscapes: Innovation in 19th Century French Landscape Paintings(exh. cat.). Tokyo, TBS, c2013, cat. no. 65, col. repr.
2013: Bi o Kiwame Bi ni Asobu: Geijutsu to Shakai no Awai. Eto, Mitsunori; Ogino, Atsushi; Tanaka, Kei, eds. Tokyo, Toshindo, 2013, p. 132, repr.
2020: Monet and Matisse : visions of the ideal (exh. cat.). KijimaShunsuke: Tapié, Alan. Tokyo, Kyurudo Art Publishing, 2020, pp. 83, 223, cat. no. 26, col. repr.
2021: When Here and Afar Meet: Western Art in Yamagata/Western Art in Takaoka (exh. cat.). Shinfuji, Atsushi, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2021, pp. 154, 184, cat. no. Y3_33 | T3_9, col .repr.
2022: In Dialogue with Nature: from Friedrich, Monet and Van Gogh to Richter (exh. cat.). Jingaoka, Megumi; Shinfuji, Atsushi; Yomiuri Shimbun, Museum Exhibition Department, eds. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; Yomiuri Shimbun; NHK; NHK Promotions, 2022, pp. 68-69, 254, cat. no. 9, col. repr.

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