Claude Monet

Waterloo Bridge: Effect of Sunlight in the Fog

1903
Monet began this painting on one of his trips to London between 1899 and 1901, later revisiting it in his Giverny studio. X-radiography shows he initially included towers and smokestacks on the far bank. Ultimately, the artist focused on the “ghostly magnificence of London” through memory and imagination. Yet some traces of urban life remain: traffic bustles atop the bridge while two scullers in the foreground float along the water in the fog-cloaked glow of the sun.
Artist
Title
Waterloo Bridge: Effect of Sunlight in the Fog
Date
1903
Medium
Painting
Materials
oil on canvas
Dimensions
73.7 x 100.3 cm
Nationality
French
Credit line
Purchased 1914
Accession number
817