claude monet

Claude Monet (1840 – 1926)

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Claude Monet The Church at Varengeville Varengeville, Normandy, 1882 Oil on canvas 65 x 81.3 cm The view is across a hidden gorge to the isolated cliff-top church at Varengeville.  Monet painted various subjects along the Normandy coast in the summer of 1882. His practice was to work simultaneously on up to eight canvasses, moving … Read more

WATER LILY POND 2017

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Claude Monet One of the most recognisable motifs of Impressionism – the Japanese bridge over the water lily pond in Monet’s garden at Giverny – is the subject of this spectacular painting, on loan to the gallery this summer from the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1890, Monet, a keen gardener, purchased the house at … Read more