UM exhibition on French Impressionism to showcase 130 masterpieces

An exhibition showcasing nearly 130 paintings of French Impressionism and other styles will open on Feb. 2 at the Museum of Art of the University of Macau (UM), and will run until May 5. The exhibition features oil paintings created in Normandy in France by more than ten famous Western artists, such as Théodore Géricault, Claude Monet, and Gustave Courbet, as well as photographs by their contemporaries. Another section of the exhibition will feature neo-impressionist paintings and landscape paintings. After the opening ceremony, Li Jun, head of the Department of Arts and Design of UM’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities, will deliver a talk titled ‘Scenery Under the Visions of West and East’ at 4:30 p.m. in the Auditorium of the UM library.