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Houses of Parliament
by Claude Monet
StyleImpressionism
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Claude Monet completed this misty view of Westminster as part of his London series, painted during visits between 1899 and 1904. The Parliament's Gothic towers emerge through atmospheric haze, their forms blurred by fog rising from the Thames. Monet painted from St Thomas' Hospital opposite, capturing changing light conditions.
The London paintings represent Monet's mature Impressionist style at its most atmospheric. He often worked on multiple canvases simultaneously, switching between them as light shifted throughout the day. Now at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
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About Houses of Parliament
This canvas is at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. The museum's collection includes multiple works from Monet's London series, allowing visitors to compare his different treatments of the same subject.
Monet painted his London series during three winter visits in 1899, 1900, and 1901. He continued refining canvases back in his Giverny studio through 1904, working from memory and photographs.
Monet was captivated by London's famous fog, which created veils of blue and purple that dissolved solid architecture. He called the fog magnificent and painted it with the same attention he gave his water lilies.
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