Enchantment blooms at Waterhouse exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Taunton, MA - The Taunton Gazette

Enchantment blooms at Waterhouse exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Taunton, MA - The Taunton Gazette:

By Margaret Smith
GateHouse News Service
Posted Jan 27, 2010 @ 02:19 PM
MONTREAL —

"Imagine walking along a remote ocean or sea shore, as turquoise waves call you to some exotic, distant place.

More beckoning still is the sight of a mermaid combing out her long hair, her eyes looking afar, a gaze at once mysterious and inviting.

A viewer can easily imagine encountering such a scene for real in the painting, “A Mermaid,” by John William Waterhouse, the British artist who embraced scenes of a mythical past even as his contemporaries emphasized edgier images of the everyday world.

An exhibit of his paintings is on view in “John William Waterhouse, Garden of Enchantment,” at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, in the only scheduled North American stop of a tour of the paintings.

The exhibit – with paintings and artifacts on loan from The Tate Gallery in London, Leeds Art Gallery, and the Art Gallery of Ontario -- is the largest-ever retrospective of Waterhouse’s work, and the first international Waterhouse exhibit since 1978."

"If you go

‘John William Waterhouse: Garden of Enchantment’

Where Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Jean-Noel Desmarais Pavilion, 1379 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal

When through Feb. 7

Admission $15 Adults, ($7.50 Wednesday 5 to 9 p.m.); $10 60 or over ($7.50 Wednesday 5 to 9 p.m.)

$7.50 Students under 30

Children under 12 free.

Families $30; $12 groups of 30 or more

Please note all fees are in Canadian currency.

To purchase tickets On sale at the museum counter or through the Admission network in Montreal at 514-790-1245 and elsewhere in Canada at 1-800-361-4595 and in the U.S. at 1-800-678-5440.

For group reservations, call 514-285-1600, ext. 440 or 1-800-899-MUSE (6873.)

More information is available at the museum’s Web site.

Hours 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Closed Monday.

For more information Call 514-285-2000 or visit www.mmfa.cq.ca.

For English language option, click “English” at top of home page.

Lodgings The museum Web site also lists a variety of lodging offerings in the vicinity.

More lodging and other travel info visit the Montreal Tourism Board at

www.tourisme-montreal.org.

Margaret Smith is Arts and Calendar editor at GateHouse Media New England’s Northwest Unit. E-mail her at msmith@cnc.com." Sphere: Related Content