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Charing Cross Bridge (Monet series)
1899–1905 painting series by Claude Monet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charing Cross Bridge is a series of oil paintings by French artist Claude Monet. The paintings depict a misty, impressionist Charing Cross Bridge in London, England. Monet worked on the series from 1899 to 1905, creating a total of 37 paintings depicting the bridge.[1]
Charing Cross Bridge | |
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![]() Charing Cross Bridge: Fog on the Thames | |
Artist | Claude Monet |
Year | 1903 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
While all of the paintings in the series depict the same bridge, each has unique qualities. For instance, Monet uses different color combinations to portray different atmospheric conditions. In some paintings, Monet includes details such as trains, clock towers, and boats, but omits such features in others.[2]
Today, the Charing Cross Bridge paintings are scattered in museums around the world. These include the Art Institute of Chicago,[3] the Baltimore Museum of Art,[4] the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,[5] the Art Gallery of Ontario[6] and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid.[7]