Title: Waterloo Bridge
Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
Medium: pastel on paper
Dimensions: 31.2 x 48.3 cm
Date Created: 1901
Description
Created from Monet’s room at the Savoy Hotel during his 1901 London stay, this pastel captures Waterloo Bridge through atmospheric impression. The work depicts the bridge’s distinctive arches with boats on the Thames and distant chimneys fading into the haze. Fog itself becomes the protagonist—colors blend beneath a gray veil, evoking the dense, moist air of a misty day. Energetic marks over the bridge suggest commuters moving through the gloom.
In letters, Monet celebrated England’s extraordinary light yet lamented its fleeting effects. Unlike his studio-reworked London canvases, this drawing embodies the spontaneous “real impression” he sought. It captures an ephemeral moment with evocative immediacy, standing as a vital counterpoint to his more labored oil paintings of the same subject. The work breathes with the misty atmosphere that both fascinated and challenged the artist.
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Image Dimensions: 3200 x 2038 pixels
Image Size: 473 KB
Image Format: JPG
Print Resolution: 300 dpi
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License: Public Domain, Free for Commercial Use
