At Marmottan, landscape after Monet is shaped by history

At the Musée Marmottan Monet, Histoires de paysages de Monet à Hockney (1890-2026) traces a path from the late 19th century to the present day. The selection is designed to reveal how broad the genre can be, beyond the familiar idea of a pretty view.

What stands out is the way landscape becomes a place where artists test their gaze. Depending on the work, it can capture light, structure space, or let history, land use, and human presence come into view.

A genre that reveals artistic practice

For painters, draughtsmen, and anyone interested in the making of images, the exhibition is revealing in its handling of composition. It highlights framing, surface, and visual rhythm, showing how each period reworks landscape as a fully plastic subject rather than a mere motif.

By linking Monet and Hockney in the title, the museum points to an open continuity rather than a fixed lineage. The result is a view of landscape as a living genre, one that can absorb different modern experiences and keep observation, invention, and history in play.