Monet to Picasso

Joe and I went to the Utah Museum of Fine Art to see the Monet to Picasso exhibit. It was really interesting to see the progression of what was considered edgy art over the course of about 80 years! I'll admit that pretty much everything after 1900 made me feel edgy, but Max Ernst's Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbre pretty much took the cake. When we got to the end we walked back through to see what our favorites were, and I decided I really liked the Monets best, especially Gardener's House at Antibes. My screen doesn't do much for it; maybe yours is better, but the original glowed with these really beautiful shades of pink and blue.

There was very little in the exhibit I was familiar with, though I knew the names of most of the artists. Probably the most pieces there were by Rodin and Picasso. I guess the more famous pieces have been snatched up by bigger museums (this exhibit is on loan from the Cleveland Museum of Art). I'd say to go see it if it comes near you, but after it leaves Salt Lake it goes to Detroit and then back to Cleveland, so maybe not.