Waterloo Bridge (Monet series)

1900–1903 series of paintings by Claude Monet

Hermitage version

Waterloo Bridge is a series of 41 impressionist oil paintings of the 1807–1810 Waterloo Bridge in London by Claude Monet, produced between 1900 and 1904 and forming a sub-series within his larger 'London series' alongside the Charing Cross Bridge series and the Houses of Parliament series.

## Context[edit]

Under exile during the Franco-Prussian War, Monet travelled to London for the first time in 1870.[1] Monet became enthralled with the city, and vowed to return to it someday. His fascination with London lay primarily in its fogs,[2] a byproduct of the Industrial Revolution. But writers hypothesize that Monet was also inspired by contemporaries J. M. W. Turner and James Abbott McNeill Whistler, who were similarly fascinated by London's atmosphere and atmospheric effects.[3][4] In 1899 Monet returned to London and rented a room in the Savoy Hotel, which offered an extensive viewpoint from which to begin his series of the city.[5]

Between 1899 and 1905, Monet periodically travelled to London to work on paintings.[6] He repeatedly painted the Waterloo Bridge and created other paintings of the city's sights, including the Houses of Parliament series and Charing Cross Bridge series. While Monet began all of the paintings in London, he completed many of them in his studio in Giverny.

## Selected works[edit]

Image | Title |

Date

| Dimensions (cm) | Collection

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| Waterloo Bridge (W1555) |

1900

65 x 93

| Santa Barbara Museum of Art
| Waterloo Bridge, London |

1900

65 x 100

| Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin
| Waterloo Bridge in London |

1901

|  | Stolen from the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, burnt by the mother of the thief to destroy the evidence.[7]
| Waterloo Bridge in London (W1594) |

1902

66 x 100

| National Museum of Western Art (Tokyo)
| Waterloo Bridge |

1903

86 x 121

| Denver Art Museum
| Waterloo Bridge |

1903

65 x 101

| Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
| Waterloo Bridge by Twilight |

1903

|  | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.[8]
| Waterloo Bridge, Gray Day |

1903

|  | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.[9]
| Waterloo Bridge, Sun Through Fog |

1903

74 x 100

| National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
| Waterloo Bridge, Cloudy Weather |

1903

65 x 100

| Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen
| Waterloo Bridge, Sun |

1903

65 x 100

| McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario
| Waterloo Bridge by Twilight |

1904

|  | Private collection

## See also[edit]

* List of paintings by Claude Monet

## References[edit]

1. ^ Khan, Soraya; Thornes, John E.; Baker, Jacob; Olson, Donald W.; Doescher, Russell L. (2010). "Monet at the Savoy". Area. 42 (2): 208–216. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4762.2009.00913.x. ISSN 1475-4762.
2. ^ House, John, 1945-2012. (1991). Monet. Monet, Claude, 1840–1926. (3rd ed.). London: Phaidon. ISBN 0-7148-2723-1. OCLC 28061909.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
3. ^ Sweetman, John (2019-05-23). The Artist and the Bridge 1700–1920. doi:10.4324/9780429440083. ISBN 9780429440083. S2CID 241749768.
4. ^ House, John, 1945-2012. (1991). Monet. Monet, Claude, 1840-1926. (3rd ed.). London: Phaidon. ISBN 0-7148-2723-1. OCLC 28061909.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. ^ Khan, Soraya; Thornes, John E.; Baker, Jacob; Olson, Donald W.; Doescher, Russell L. (2010). "Monet at the Savoy". Area. 42 (2): 208–216. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4762.2009.00913.x. ISSN 1475-4762.
6. ^ Khan, Soraya; Thornes, John E.; Baker, Jacob; Olson, Donald W.; Doescher, Russell L. (2010). "Monet at the Savoy". Area. 42 (2): 208–216. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4762.2009.00913.x. ISSN 1475-4762.
7. ^ "Stolen Picasso and Monet art 'burned' in Romanian oven". BBC. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
8. ^ "Catalogue entry". National Gallery of Art. 1904.
9. ^ "Catalogue entry". National Gallery of Art. 1903.

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List of paintings

Paintings|

* Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Paris / Moscow) (1865–1867)
* A Cart on the Snowy Road at Honfleur (1865)
* Camille (1866)
* Women in the Garden (1866)
* Woman in the Garden (1866)
* Regatta at Sainte-Adresse (1867)
* The Beach at Sainte-Adresse (1867)
* Garden at Sainte-Adresse (1867)
* The Road in Front of Saint-Simeon Farm in Winter (1867)
* On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt (1868)
* L'Enfant a la tasse (1868)
* The Magpie (1868)
* Interior, after Dinner (1868-69)
* Bain à la Grenouillère (1869)
* The Red Cape (1869–70)
* Houses on the Achterzaan (1871)
* Windmill at Zaandam (1871)
* Impression, Sunrise (1872)
* Regatta at Argenteuil (c. 1872)
* Springtime (1872)
* The Seine at Rouen (1872)
* Boulevard des Capucines (1873)
* Lilac Bush in the Sun (1873)
* The Seine at Asnières (1873)
* Resting Under a Lilac Bush (1873)
* The Seine at Argenteuil (1873)
* Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat (1874)
* The Grand Quai at Le Havre (1874)
* Snow at Argenteuil (1875)
* The Train in the Snow (1875)
* Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son (1875)
* A Corner in the Garden at Montgeron (1876)
* The Studio Boat (Le Bateau-atelier) (1876)
* La Japonaise (1876)
* Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare (1877)
* Waves Breaking (1881)
* Beach in Pourville (1882)
* Portrait of Père Paul (1882)
* The Cliff Walk at Pourville (1882)
* Anglers on the Seine at Poissy (1882)
* Stormy Sea at Étretat (1883)
* The Valley of the Nervia (1884)
* Garden at Bordighera, Morning (1884)
* Haystack Near Giverny (1884)
* The Pyramides at Port-Coton, Rough Sea (1886)
* Study of Rocks; Creuse (1889)
* The Valley of the Creuse, Sunset (1889)
* Boating on the River Epte (1890)
* Champ d'avoine aux coquelicots (1890)
* Le Jardin de l'artiste à Giverny (1900)
* San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk (1908)
* The Doge's Palace Seen from San Giorgio Maggiore (1908)
* Le Grand Canal (1908)
* Nymphéas en fleur (c. 1914–1917)
* Weeping Willow (1918)
* Le Bassin Aux Nymphéas (1919)
* Water Lilies (1919)

Series|

* Gare Saint-Lazare (1877)
* Cliffs at Étretat (1885–1886 - Massachusetts / Moscow)
* Haystacks (1890–91)
* Poplars (1891)
* Rouen Cathedral (1892–1894)
* Mount Kolsaas (1895)
* Charing Cross Bridge (1899–1904)
* Waterloo Bridge (1900–1904)
* Houses of Parliament (1900–1905)
* Le Grand Canal (1908)
* Le Palais Ducal (1908)
* San Giorgio Maggiore (1908–1912)
* Water Lilies (1897–1926)

People|

* Camille Doncieux (first wife)
* Alice Hoschedé (second wife)
* Jean Monet (son)
* Michel Monet (son)
* Suzanne Hoschedé (step-daughter)
* Blanche Hoschedé Monet (step-daughter and daughter-in-law)
* Theodore Earl Butler (son-in-law, married Monet's step-daughters, Suzanne and Marthe)
* Jacques-François Ochard (teacher)
* Eugène Boudin (teacher)
* Ernest Hoschedé (patron)
* Paul Durand-Ruel (dealer)

Museums|

* Fondation Monet – Giverny home, studio, and gardens
* Musée de l'Orangerie
* Musée d'Orsay
* Musée Marmottan Monet

Portrayals|

* The Improvised Field Hospital (1865 painting)
* A Studio at Les Batignolles (1870 painting)
* Claude Monet Painting in His Garden at Argenteuil (1873)
* Claude Monet Painting in his Studio (1874 painting)
* Portrait of the Painter Claude Monet (1875 painting)
* Monet: The Mystery of the Orangery (2000 video game)
* The Impressionists (2006 series)

Related|

* Pays des Impressionnistes

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