The Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille has two paintings by Claude Monet representing the village of Vétheuil, both from the Masson donation dating from the 1970s: La Débâcle, painted in the first weeks of 1880 and Vétheuil, in the morning, made twenty years later. Vétheuil occupies a singular place in the life and work of Monet. By bringing the works of the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille closer to four prestigious loans from the Musée d'Orsay on the same subject, this exhibition will evoke both the rhythm of the seasons and two stylistic periods of the artist. This exceptional set of 6 works gathered for the first time in Lille will show the public two significant moments in the life of Claude Monet, one difficult and the other more prosperous.
The exhibition will be accompanied by an immersive experience in the heart of the museum’s Atrium that will offer the opportunity for a breath and prolong the visit experience with a guided meditation to explore, in full awareness, a landscape of the collections of the Palais des Beaux-Arts.