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Here comes the sun...
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Claude Monet's painting "Impression, soleil levant" and the dedicated exhibition "Facing the Sun - a star in the arts" organised by the Marmottan Monet Museum, Art Explora Academy invites you to explore the representation of the Sun in the arts. From Monet to Turner or Van Gogh, discover how this luminous star has inspired artists, symbolising beauty, joy, or power.

What did Monet particularly love about London, and why in 1899 did he decide to set up a temporary studio from his hotel room at the Savoy?

There’s never been a single exhibition looking at Monet’s career through the buildings he painted: in Normandy, in Rouen, in Paris, London, and Venice. From buildings in villages and by the coast, to some of Europe’s most famous monuments, Monet painted the architecture of his time – modern, historic, simple and grand.

Content produced by The National Gallery

On the agenda
video - 4:03
Monet’s London
By: The National Gallery
video - 1:08
Vincent Van Gogh presented by Christopher Riopelle
By: The National Gallery
video - 2:19
History of Taste : Le Lorrain and the Old Masters
By: The National Gallery
video - 2:55
Joaquín Sorolla : Spanish Master of Light
By: The National Gallery
video - 2:29
Amazing Versailles: The Sun of Louis XIV
By: Château de Versailles
video - 3:41
Olafur Eliasson – “Collective Experience” I TateShots
By: Tate
video - 2:4
Little summer tales – Hélios and Phaéton
By: Musée du Louvre
video - 1:24
Art History Minute : Seated Goddess – Ancient Near East
By: Accessible art history
video - 3:33
“Impression, Sunrise” Claude Monet
By: Two Minute Museum