Was Monet the father of Abstract Expressionism?
- February 22, 2010 12:22
With more than 100 works, Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza museum will attempt to show that French Impressionist Claude Monet influenced a stream of young artists of the post-WWII era, such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning.
On the Web, visit the museum's micro-site on the exhibition to view comparisons of surprisingly compatible works such as Monet's Waterlilies series of about 1916-1919 juxtaposed with Helen Frankenthaler's vibrant abstraction "Lorelei" of 1957 (Brooklyn Museum).
![Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.](/images/c/e2/2e/Jan20_Rape_of_Europa100x100_c.jpg "Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.")
