Members create Monet-inspired floral display for 40th Annual Fine Art & Flowers

Our talented club members - Kelle, Margaret, Lucinda, and Bonnie - created this beautiful bouquet for the 40th Annual Fine Art & Flowers at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. This fundraiser event opened Friday, April 28 and runs through Sunday, April 30.

This year our club was paired up with “Beach At Trouville” by Claude Monet, and the team worked together to create a floral arrangement that would complement the artwork. Monet spent the summer of 1870 at Trouville, the popular resort along the English Channel. 

According to the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, in "Beach at Trouville" Monet "depicts the guests of the fashionable Hotel des Roches Noires strolling up and down the boardwalk, as well as the effect of the sunlight reflected on land and water. While viewers today find these straightforward depictions of leisure time activities quite pleasing, they were actually controversial in the 1870s. Monet was criticized both for his choice of subject matter - which was considered too trite - and for his summary treatment of the human form."

The floral arrangement includes eucalyptus, carnations, sea holly, dusty miller and wax flower, and is on display alongside the painting.