Waterloo Bridge, temps gris 1 (1900) Painting by Claude Monet

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Fine art paper, 8x11 in
  • Original Artwork Painting, Oil
  • Dimensions Height 25.8in, Width 36.4in
  • Framing This artwork is not framed
  • Categories Impressionism Landscape
La série des Pont de Waterloo de Claude Monet, composée de 41 tableaux peints entre 1900 et 1904, capture l'essence fugace et changeante de ce célèbre pont londonien à travers différentes atmosphères et conditions lumineuses. Ces œuvres font partie de l'impressionnante « série de Londres » de Monet, aux côtés des séries du Pont de Charing[...]
La série des Pont de Waterloo de Claude Monet, composée de 41 tableaux peints entre 1900 et 1904, capture l'essence fugace et changeante de ce célèbre pont londonien à travers différentes atmosphères et conditions lumineuses. Ces œuvres font partie de l'impressionnante « série de Londres » de Monet, aux côtés des séries du Pont de Charing Cross et du Parlement, totalisant plus d'une centaine de peintures. Le Pont de Waterloo, construit entre 1811 et 1817, est ici présenté dans toute sa splendeur historique, bien que sa structure ait dû être fermée en 1924 en raison de problèmes de stabilité, avant d'être détruite et reconstruite entre 1936 et 1942. En explorant les jeux de lumière et les brumes qui enveloppent le pont, Monet exprime sa fascination pour les effets atmosphériques caractéristiques de Londres, inspirés par ses voyages dans la ville et par les travaux de ses contemporains comme Turner et Whistler.

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Claude Monet was born in Paris in 1840. He studied drawing at the Collège Communal in Le Havre. Eugène Boudin introduced him to plein-air painting around 1856. Monet moved to Paris in 1859 and enrolled in the[...]

Claude Monet was born in Paris in 1840. He studied drawing at the Collège Communal in Le Havre. Eugène Boudin introduced him to plein-air painting around 1856. Monet moved to Paris in 1859 and enrolled in the Académie Suisse the following year. Camille Pissarro met him there. He served in the Algerian military from 1861 to 1862. Monet returned to Paris after the war and met Gustave Courbet. He entered Charles Gleyers' atelier, where Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, and Fréderic Bazille were all studying. Édouard Manet became acquainted with him in 1866. Monet painted in Normandy and the Fontainebleau Forest. In 1865, he debuted at the Salon de Paris. Monet moved to London in 1870. He later returned to Argenteuil in France via the Netherlands after the Franco-Prussian War. He took part in the first four Impressionist exhibitions, as well as the seventh, beginning in 1874. He moved to Vétheuil in 1878, and three years later to Giverny. He then traveled to the Netherlands, Italy, and London, as well as Spain, Norway, and Venice. He was represented at the World's Fair in the Exposition centennale de l'art français in 1889. In 1893, he established his water garden in Giverny, and in 1922, he bequeathed his Water Lilies to the French state. In 1926, Monet died in Giverny.

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