
by Claude Monet, 1894
Working in oil on canvas, Claude Monet painted this over 30 views of Rouen Cathedral between 1892 and 1894, studying how light transformed the Gothic façade at different times of day and in different weather. This version shows the west front bathed in afternoon sunlight.
The stone dissolves into a shimmering tapestry of color: gold, rose, and lavender where sunlight strikes; blue and violet in the shadows. Monet worked from a room across the square, returning day after day to capture these fleeting effects.
The Rouen Cathedral series represents the peak of Impressionism's investigation of light. The National Gallery of Art owns this luminous example.
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Giovanni Battista Moroni
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Edgar Degas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Bronzino
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Berthe Morisot
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Other masterpieces from the Impressionism movement

Edgar Degas, 1867
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Edgar Degas, 1890
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Edgar Degas, 1878
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

James McNeill Whistler, 1871
Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

Édouard Manet, 1863
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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