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Storytime with The Met: “The Curious Garden” by Peter Brown

Enjoy Storytime from home! This week, Met educator Emily reads “The Curious Garden” by Peter Brown and connects it to “The Gardener.”

Enjoy Storytime from home! Join us every Thursday to look, listen, sing, and have fun with picture books. Recommended for families with children ages 18 months to 6 years. This week, Met educator Emily reads “The Curious Garden” by Peter Brown and connects it to “The Gardener.”

Featured Artwork:

Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891). The Gardener, 1882–83. Oil on wood, 6 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (15.9 x 24.8 cm), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967 (67.187.102)

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437656

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Two men in coats stand beside a large tree, gazing at a crescent moon in a dusky sky.
The figures in Friedrich’s painting are entirely embodied, present with their thoughts and with each other, just as I have longed to be.
Emily Pittinos
February 3
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The Gardener, Georges Seurat  French, Oil on wood
Georges Seurat
1882–83