Forty masterpieces by French impressionist painter Claude Monet from the collection of the Musée D'Orsay in Paris went on display at Turin's Gallery of Modern Art on Thursday.
Seven of the paintings are being displayed for the first time in Italy, including the famous Luncheon on the Grass portraying a vibrant picnic scene.
The exhibition, which will run until January 31, was organised thanks to close collaboration between Turin City Council and the Musée D'Orsay, which already agreed to similar displays of work by Edgar Degas in 2012 and Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 2013. It is curated by Xavier Rey from the Musée d'Orsay, a Monet specialist, and Virginia Bertone, from the Turin gallery.
The Musée D'Orsay's president Guy Cogeval, who attended the inauguration ceremony with Turin Mayor Piero Fassino, said that the collaboration would continue in 2016, with the next exhibition to showcase masterpieces of Edouard Manet.
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