Monet's London

The staff of St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, Florida had to coax, plead, fret, travel and work long hours to pull together the massive "Monet's London" - based around one of the museums most prized art works - a Claude Monet painting of the Houses of Parliament.

The show of 150 art works includes a dozen paintings by the French impressionist, all but a few borrowed from 30 venues in the United States and Europe. Scoring a cache of works by an artist of Monet's stature, and supplementing them with important art including a James McNeill Whistler painting so fragile it rarely leaves its home, is significant and could elevate this areas status among art watchers. The art exhibition runs from Jan 16 - Apr 24 then moves on to the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Baltimore Museum of Art.
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