Tag: Monet

Charing Cross Bridge (c.1900)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Charing Cross Bridge c.1900 Oil on canvas, 66 x 92.7 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Monet was fascinated by the vaporous mists of London. He visited the English capital three times between 1899 and 1901, painting views of…

L’église San Giorgio Maggiore, Venise (1908)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) L’église San Giorgio Maggiore, Venise (The Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice) 1908 Oil on canvas, 64.7 cm × 92 cm Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis In his series of paintings devoted to the church of San Giorgio Maggiore,…

Meule, soleil dans la brume (1891)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Meule, soleil dans la brume (Grainstack, Sun in the Mist) 1891 Oil on canvas, 60 x 100.3 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis In the late 1880s, Claude Monet analyzed visual perception by representing the same subject under varying…

Le Pont japonais (c.1923-1925)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Pont japonais (The Japanese Bridge) c.1923–1925 Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 116.21 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis In 1883, Claude Monet moved to Giverny, about forty miles northwest of Paris. For the rest of his life, he…

Trois bateaux de pêche (1886)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Trois bateaux de pêche (Three Fishing Boats) 1886 Oil on canvas, 73 x 92.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Throughout the life of Claude Monet, the movements of water, the ever-changing light and weather conditions of the sea…

Vase de fleurs (1881)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Vase de fleurs (Vase of Flowers) 1881 Oil on canvas, 100.4 x 81.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London In the early 1880s, Claude Monet focused on painting ambitious floral still lifes. This lavish bouquet of mallows (a wild…

Antibes (1888)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Antibes 1888 Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 92.4 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London In early 1888, Claude Monet travelled to the south of France where he spent several months capturing the intense colours and atmosphere of the Mediterranean.…

Bords de la Seine à Argenteuil (1874)

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Bords de la Seine à Argenteuil (Banks of the Seine at Argenteuil) 1874 Oil on canvas, 62.3 x 103 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London This work is one of Édouard Manet’s most vivid experiments in painting outdoors, inspired…

Hyde Park, London (c.1871)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Hyde Park, London c.1871 Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 74 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence See also: • London (England)

Le Pont japonais, Giverny (1895)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Le Pont japonais, Giverny (Japanese Footbridge, Giverny) 1895 Oil on canvas, 78.7 × 97.8 cm Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia This canvas—one of Claude Monet’s first attempts to capture his garden in paint—derives its composition and vivid hues from the…