Room 181

Claude Monet

1840–1926, France, Impressionism

Monet wanted to paint the fleeting moment – the light at a certain time of day, in a certain weather. That is why he painted the same motifs again and again: Rouen Cathedral, the bridges of the Thames, his garden at Giverny.

All works

• Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son
• The Japanese Footbridge
• The Houses of Parliament, Sunset
• Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, Sunlight
• The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil
• Waterloo Bridge, Gray Day
• The Bridge at Argenteuil
• Palazzo da Mula, Venice
• The Cradle – Camille with the Artist’s Son Jean
• Cliffs at Pourville
• Woman Seated under the Willows
• Sainte-Adresse
• Waterloo Bridge, London, at Sunset
• Banks of the Seine, Vétheuil
• The Seine at Giverny
• Waterloo Bridge, London, at Dusk
• The Artist's Garden in Argenteuil (A Corner of the Garden with Dahlias)
• Argenteuil
• Jerusalem Artichoke Flowers
• Bazille and Camille (Study for "Déjeuner sur l'Herbe")
• The Willows
• Interior, after Dinner
• Bridge at Argenteuil on a Gray Day
• Still Life with Bottle, Carafe, Bread, and Wine
• Ships Riding on the Seine at Rouen
• Rouen Cathedral, West Façade
• Morning Haze
• Waterloo Bridge