![]() The brothers had an argument in the early 1900s and that may explain why no direct traces of the relationship exist. ![]() In reality, they were incredibly close throughout their life,” Lefebvre said. It was assumed because there are no photographs of Claude and Leon together, and no correspondence. “Historians always thought the two brothers had nothing to do with each other. The exhibit dispels a long-held view that Claude and his older brother were estranged. The 1874 painting shows Leon with a black suit, stern expression and red - almost wine-flushed - cheeks. The groundbreaking exhibit is the fruit of years of investigation by Lefebvre, who visited Monet’s great-grandchildren, studied family albums and brought to light a masterly portrait of Leon by Claude that Leon hid away in a dusty private collection and has never before been seen by the public. The vivid palette Monet was famous for came from the synthetic textile dye colors Leon created” in the town of Rouen - site of some of Claude's best-known paintings. “His rich big brother supported him in the first period of his life when he had no money or clients and was starving," she said. ![]() “It’s never been known before, but without Leon there would not have really been a Monet - the artist the world knows today,” said Geraldine Lefebvre, exhibit curator at the Musee du Luxembourg. Leon - a color chemist four years his senior - is now understood to have been critical in the emergence of Monet’s commercial success as well as the famed color palette that created masterpieces like the “Water Lilies” series. PARIS (AP) - Behind some great men, there is a bigger brother.Ĭlaude Monet’s older sibling is the focus of a landmark Paris exhibit illuminating the hitherto unknown role Leon Monet played in the French impressionist painter’s life and art. Claude Monet’s older sibling is the focus of a landmark Paris exhibit illuminating the never-before-known role Leon Monet played in the French Impressionist painter’s life and art. Lewis Joly/AP Show More Show Less 6 of6 Photos of Leon Monet, left, and his brother Claude Monet on display, part of an exhibition at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris, Monday, March 13, 2023. Lewis Joly/AP Show More Show Less 5 of6 A visitor sits in a room of paintings on display as part of an exhibition illuminating the hitherto unknown role Leon Monet played in the role of his brother Claude Monet's life and art, at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris, Monday, March 13, 2023. Lewis Joly/AP Show More Show Less 4 of6 A visitor looks at a painting, part of an exhibition illuminating the hitherto unknown role Leon Monet played in the role of his brother Claude Monet's life and art, at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris, Monday, March 13, 2023. Lewis Joly/AP Show More Show Less 3 of6 A visitor looks at a painting on display as part of an exhibition illuminating the hitherto unknown role Leon Monet played in the role of his brother Claude Monet's life and art, at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris, Monday, March 13, 2023. Lewis Joly/AP Show More Show Less 2 of6 A painting pallet belonging to Claude Monet is pictured, part of an exhibition illuminating the hitherto unknown role Leon Monet played in the role of his brother Claude Monet's life and art, at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris, Monday, March 13, 2023. ![]() 1 of6 A portrait of Leon Monet by his brother Claude Monet hangs on display as part of an exhibition illuminating the hitherto unknown role Leon played in the role of his brother Claude's life and art, at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris, Monday, March 13, 2023.
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