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The Guardian Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse review – ravishing visionsThe GuardianPhotograph: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. Monet was not alone in digging, planting, weeding and pruning, and then painting the results. Many of his colleagues – Renoir, Pissarro, Bonnard and Cézanne – were gardeners too, and the …and more » art –…
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