Charing Cross Bridge, London

1901

Beginning in September 1899, Claude Monet made almost 100 paintings of the river Thames. These works show only three different views—Charing Cross Bridge and Waterloo Bridge, both painted from the Savoy Hotel, and the Houses of Parliament, painted from Saint Thomas’s Hospital. In the smoggy, industrial city, Monet challenged himself to capture effects of light seen through a dense atmospheric screen.

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Artist

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

Date

1901

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

65 × 92.2 cm (25 5/8 × 36 5/16 in.); Framed: 87 × 113.1 × 11.2 cm (34 1/4 × 44 1/2 × 4 3/8 in.)

Origin

France

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Credit

Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection