Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse

A major exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts 'Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse' will examine how gardens were depicted by Monet and his contemporaries.

Floral masterpieces by renowned artists such as Édouard Manet, Paul Cézanne, Auguste Renoir and Henri Matisse are abundant, however a quarter of the space is devoted to Monet’s work. It will include Monet's Agapanthus Triptych, the 42ft long piece he worked on from 1915 until his death aged 86 in 1926.

This exhibition positions him as the most important painter of gardens in the Modern period. Monet once wrote: ‘I owe it to flowers that I became a painter’.

Monet's Agapanthus Triptych

At Alfies, our dealers have a sublime collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist floral art. Below is just a small selection of what they have on offer.

Bueno, oil on canvas, Barcelona, offered by Diplomat Treasures International 

Impressionist flowers, oil on board, by Lucy Kemp-Welch, 1869-1958, offered by Robert McKoy Fine Arts

Still life by Janet Pritchard, oil on board, offered by Diplomat Treasures International 

Signed watercolour, early 20th century, offered by Thomas Fine Art 

Still life flowers, oil & pastel, signed Nigel Lyyton, offered by Nadine Okker

Flowers in a vase watercolour, English school, late 19th century, offered by Thomas Fine Art 

'Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse'  will be at the Royal Academy, London, from 30 January until 20 April.