Centennial focus exhibition features works by Monet and other Impressionists

The Dayton Art Institute’s Centennial Focus Exhibition, Monet and Impressionism, is on view through August 25. The DAI is proud to present this exhibition, featuring a special Monet on loan from the Denver Art Museum. Monet and Impressionism provides a spotlight of 13 paintings highlighting Impressionism in France, including works by Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, Frederick Frieseke and Henri Matisse. This exhibition explores Claude Monet’s remarkable influence on art. The centerpiece of the Focus Exhibition are three works by Monet: the DAI’s own Waterlilies (1903), the 1903 oil painting Waterloo Bridge, Sunlight Effect (effect de soleil), on loan from the Denver Art Museum, and the pastel Sainte-Adresse, View Across the Estuary (about 1865–1870), on loan from a private collection. Monet and Impressionism also offers a rare opportunity to see the DAI’s d