Ruth Leon recommends…National Gallery – Monet’s Water Lilies

Ruth Leon recommends…National Gallery – Monet’s Water Lilies

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December 16, 2022

National Gallery – Monet’s Water Lilies
The National Gallery has just posted this exquisite video from its former Ahmonson Fellow in Art and Religion, Dr Ayla Lepine about Monet’s Water-Lilies under the title, Why Does This Painting Make Some People Cry?

A viewer of this video posted this comment, “Dr Lepine and The National Gallery have just gifted us with two extraordinary, moving pieces of pure art: that beautiful painting and that wonderful, peaceful lesson. Thank you, because in this world full of painful nothing, beauty and eloquence are so much needed.”

I agree, and think you will too.

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