A Paris show will focus on Claude’s little-known elder sibling Léon Monet and his impressionist collection
Although all correspondence between the brothers has disappeared, Lefebvre said Claude’s letters to his wife suggest Léon had a “lively and quick intelligence” and was “cordial and frank”. The brothers nevertheless fell out before Léon died in 1917, in part after Claude’s son Jean worked for Léon his Rouen factory.
The Musée du Luxembourg is devoting three months to showcasing the little-known Monet and his impressionist collection. Pride of place will go to a portrait of Léon never seen before in public that Claude painted in 1874, showing him in a bowler-style hat and sombre black suit. Two of Claude’s first sketch books – one of which was started when he was just 15 years old – that Léon bought at auction and his brother later signed, also unseen until now, will also be on display.
The exhibition will also feature 20 works by Claude Monet and others by Renoir, Sisley, Pissarro and Berthe Morisot – doyenne and co-founder of the impressionist movement – as well as paintings by lesser-known artists of the Rouen School, along with fabric samples and colour swatches from the elder Monet’s work. More personal exhibits will include drawings and photographs of the Monet brothers and family.
“This is an unusual exhibition. Léon Monet’s collection was not very large – there are only about 60 works – but the quality is extraordinary and many are still in private collections and have never been seen by the public,” Lefebvre added.
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