Claude Monet<br/>
French 1840–1926<br/>
<em>Grainstack (snow effect)</em> 1891<br/>
oil on canvas<br/>
65.4 x 92.4 cm<br/>
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston<br/>
Gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb (1970.253)<br/>
Photography © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. All Rights Reserved.

In this richly illustrated video, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) Historian Maureen Melton shares profiles of some of the MFA’s most important donors of Impressionist art.

This virtual presentation explores the key role that women collectors played in the development of the MFA’s renowned Impressionist collection. Artists and activists, social reformers and suffragists, the lives of these bold and generous women offer new perspectives on French Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Speaker
Maureen Melton, Susan Morse Hilles Director of Libraries and Archives and Museum Historian, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.