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by Claude Monet
Claude Monet completed this view of Rouen Cathedral in 1894, part of his famous series capturing the Gothic facade under different lighting conditions. Morning fog softens the stone, dissolving the architecture into atmospheric haze. The cathedral becomes less a building than a study of light diffused through mist.
Monet painted over thirty cathedral views during 1892-1893, then reworked them in his Giverny studio. He built up thick layers of paint like the masonry itself. When exhibited in 1895, Pissarro and Cézanne praised the series highly. This version hangs at the Folkwang Museum in Essen, Germany.
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