Still From Painting the Modern Garden: From Monet to Matisse (2023), by David Bickerstaff.

Still From Painting the Modern Garden: From Monet to Matisse (2023), by David Bickerstaff.

Still From Painting the Modern Garden: From Monet to Matisse (2023), by David Bickerstaff.

Still From Painting the Modern Garden: From Monet to Matisse (2023), by David Bickerstaff.

Film

Painting the Modern Garden: From Monet to Matisse

Art on Film
Sunday, May 10, 2026
11:00 am–12:45 pm
Harry and Mildred Remis Auditorium (Auditorium 161)
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$12.00
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$15.00
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Directed by David Bickerstaff (UK, 2023, 93 min.). Presented with Open Captions.

For many great artists, the garden has long been considered a desirable subject for the expression of color, light, and atmosphere. Claude Monet is perhaps the most well-known painter of gardens, but other greats such as Van Gogh, Pissarro, Matisse, and Sargent all viewed the garden as a meaningful focus for their talents. The work of these great artists, along with many others, featured in a major 2016 exhibition, “Painting the Modern Garden,” at London’s Royal Academy.
 
This dazzling film takes a magical journey from the gallery to the gardens—to Giverny, Seebüll, and other glorious grounds favored by artists. Discover how early-20th-century artists designed and cultivated their own gardens to explore contemporary utopian ideas and motifs of color and form.
 
“A ravishing joy from start to finish.” —Guardian
 

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Saturday, May 23, 2026

2:00 pm–3:30 pm
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Sunday, May 10, 2026

11:00 am–12:45 pm
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