In this exhibition, a portrait Monet created for his son Jean in 1869 touched the tender parts of viewers' heart in Shanghai. "I remember seeing large paintings of water lilies, and the sceneries of Monet's gardens at Giverny," said Zhang Man, a visitor to the exhibition on the opening day. "This time we see more of Monet's landscapes, and I am especially happy to see clearly how the French art developed after Monet and Impressionism."

The same exhibition, with some paintings changed, was on tour in Houston in the United States earlier this year, and in China it will be presented in Shanghai alone, according to Xie Dingwei, president of Tix Media, and cofounder of the Bund One Art Museum.