Gauguin and the Impressionists review – a dream collection

Royal Academy, London
A Danish art lover’s spectacular collection of works by Monet, Manet, Cézanne and others is full of intrigue and surpriseThat people fall in love with paintings is no exaggeration. Consider the Manet still life in this exultantly beautiful show that was painted in the final summer of his life. It depicts five green pears in a basket. Each is singular and unique, five vital beings turning towards each other in companionable conversation, united in the golden cir