Claude Monet: Painter of Light

The lovely exhibition catalogue accompanying the exhibition of the same name organised by the Auckland City Art Gallery.

For several years the Auckland City Art Gallery has planned an exhibition of works by Claude Monet. This exhibition, Claude Monet – painter of light, is the realisation of the dream. To assemble a comprehensive collection of works of this quality is no easy matter and we are deeply indebted to all the lenders from the United States, Ireland, France, Japan and Australia who, with remarkable generosity, have made the exhibition possible. To entrust works as unique and of such great quality as these to a journey around the world and to the care of largely unknown colleagues is an act of great magnanimity and trust. Without those lenders this exhibition and the programme of which it is part would not be possible.