AN award-winning visual exhibition on the works of Claude Monet will be shown at Chepstow's Drill Hall next week.

'I, Claude Monet', which gives the audience a new look at the artist through his own words, will play on the day of its release on February 21 at 7.30pm.

Using letters and other private writings, it reveals new insights into the man who founded the Impressionist art movement and is considered the most influential and successful painter of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

It will explore Monet's 'tumultuous' inner life which was marked with moments of intense depression and euphoric creation.

Many letters confront Monet’s despair and even attempted suicide, as a result of poverty, obscurity, ill-health and his relationships with his wives – Camille Doncieux and, secondly, Alice Hoschede.

Brought to life by actor Henry Goodman, Monet’s letters record his journey from prodigiously talented teenager to the grand old man of arts.

The screening at the Drill Hall will serve as a fundraising event in support of Chepstow Museum.

For tickets, which cost £10, call 01291 625981.