I remember some of these from my visit a few years back and, more particularly, from the NGV's own exhibition of French impressionism from the MFA Boston as recently as 2021.
This current exhibition at the NGV gives a lot of emphasis to the close-to-contemporary influences on French impressionism, along with some earlier as well as more representative works from all the expected figures. In this context, the 'almost-too-much' of Renoir sometimes tipped into too much and somehow the effect of the many Monets was more muted than usual while still providing many of the highlights - though maybe that was my frame of mind?
Most of the highlights were those I'd seen previously - along with several of the Monets, Cezanne's 'Fruit and a jug on a table' (c 1890-94) was once again a particular standout.
