Monet, Claude (1840-1926)
Charing Cross Bridge
1903
Oil on canvas, 73 x 104.1 cm
Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis
In this scene, a train puffs across the bridge as sunlight falls through the mist and creates shimmering patterns on the river surface. Claude Monet painted a series of about 30 paintings of the Charing Cross railroad bridge spanning the River Thames, each highlighting different light and weather effects. Monet was a noted Anglophile and painted this view on one of three visits to London between 1899 and 1901. He noted, “I love London…what I love, above all, is the fog.” (SLAM)