Harn Museum's treasured Monet goes on sabbatical

January 18, 2007

GAINESVILLE, Fla. –– The Harn Museum of Art’s treasured painting by French impressionist Claude Monet, “Champ d’avoine,” has taken a leave of absence to join the exhibition “Claude Monet: Giverny and the North of France” at the Naples Museum of Art.

The exhibition, on display through May 13, features 10 paintings by Monet on loan to the Naples Museum of Art from museums such as the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Columbus Museum of Art, the Frick Art and Historical Center, the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, and the Harn Museum of Art, as well as private collections in Florida.

The painting will be reinstalled in early June in its permanent home in the Harn Museum of Art’s modern gallery.

“Although Harn Museum visitors will miss the Monet during its stay in Naples, we are delighted that the museum collection now includes several beautiful American Impressionist paintings, including three by Childe Hassam, that are on display while the Monet is on loan,” said Rebecca Martin Nagy, director of the Harn Museum of Art.

For more information on the exhibition at the Naples Museum of Art, visit the Web at www.thephil.org.