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You can watch Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse (2016) for free on Kanopy.

Claude Monet was an avid horticulturist and arguably the most important painter of gardens in the history of art, but he was not alone. Great artists like Van Gogh, Bonnard, Sorolla, Sargent, Pissarro and Matisse all saw the garden as a powerful subject for their art. These great artists, along with many other famous names, feature in an innovative and extensive exhibition from The Royal Academy of Arts, London.

Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse is a film that explores themes of painting, art history, social & cultural documentary. It also touches on art documentary.

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