Charing Cross Bridge (Monet series)

Charing Cross Bridge
Charing Cross Bridge: Fog on the Thames
ArtistClaude Monet
Year1903
MediumOil on canvas

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]

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]

  1. ^ Baker, Jacob; Thornes, John E (2006-12-08). "Solar position within Monet's Houses of Parliament". Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 462 (2076): 3775–3788. Bibcode:2006RSPSA.462.3775B. doi:10.1098/rspa.2006.1754. S2CID 129004829.
  2. ^ Sweetman, John (2019-05-23). The Artist and the Bridge 1700–1920. doi:10.4324/9780429440083. ISBN 978-0-429-44008-3. S2CID 241749768.
  3. ^ "Charing Cross Bridge, London, 1901". Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Charing Cross Bridge". Baltimore Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 7 January 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Charing Cross Bridge (overcast day), 1900". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Claude Monet, Charing Cross Bridge, Fog". Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  7. ^ "Claude Monet Charing Cross Bridge 1899". Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2012.