Grainstack: Sun in the Mist

Today's episode takes us to the Minneapolis Institute of Art for a long look at Claude Monet. We'll find out how the morning light on a neighbor's haystacks inspired one of his most famous painting series and the hectic practice he developed to paint them! Click here to view artwork "A Long Look" theme is "Ascension" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo Episode theme is "Sonatine - I. Modéré" by Maurice Ravel. Performed by Markus Staab. Courtesy of musopen.org https://musopen.org/music/4724-sonatine/ Haystacks (Monet series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haystacks_(Monet_series) Monet info Perry, Lilla Cabot. "Reminiscences Of Claude Monet From 1889 To 1909." The American Magazine of Art 18, no. 3 (1927): 119-26. Accessed May 12, 2021. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23931183. Exploring Late Monet with Art Historian Kathryn Calley Galitz, Pac Pobric, Editor, Digital Department, 2018 https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/collection-insights/2018/monet-conversation