{"title":"Claude Monet","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorks by Claude Monet available at The New Rare.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"claude-monet-le-naturalisme-abstrait-galerie-art-vivant-paris-june-18-1959","title":"Claude Monet — Exhibition Invitation, Galerie Art Vivant, Paris, 1959","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCLAUDE MONET\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLe Naturalisme Abstrait\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGalerie Art Vivant, Paris\u003cbr\u003e18 June 1959\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal invitation to \u003cem\u003eClaude Monet et Le Naturalisme Abstrait\u003c\/em\u003e, a bold curatorial proposition staged at Galerie Art Vivant in June 1959. The exhibition reframed Monet's late work not as historical artifact but as visionary precursor to postwar abstraction — placing him in direct lineage with Turner, Géricault, and the emerging generation of painters working through colour, light, and metaphysical depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fold-out invitation includes an essay by Waldemar-George drawing these connections across time, arguing for Monet as the tutelary god of a painting that restores soul to a soulless century. Alongside Monet, the exhibition presented works by André Masson, Marie Raymond, Jean-Paul Vulliamy, Bryen, Garbell, Halpern, Lan-Bar, and Szenès — a gathering that underscored his influence on mid-century spiritual formalism and the Parisian lyrical abstraction of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinted on pale mint-green card stock with elegant letterpress typography, the object itself reflects the refined material culture of the 1950s Paris art world. A rare document from a moment when abstraction looked backward in order to move forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fold-out invitation card\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e French\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Galerie Art Vivant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53041769742674,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Claude_Monet_01.jpg?v=1774613540"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/claude-monet.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}