Rouen Cathedral (Monet)
The Rouen Cathedral series of oil paintings of the Rouen Cathedral were done by Claude Monet in the 1890s. The paintings in the series each capture the front of the cathedral at different times of the day and year. They each show the changes in the way the cathedral looks under different lighting conditions.[1]
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| Artist | Claude Monet |
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| Year | 1894 |
| Dimensions | 107 cm × 73.5 cm (42 in × 28.9 in) |
| Location | Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France |
In the middle of winter in 1892, Monet lived in rooms across from Rouen Cathedral. He stayed until spring, painting its façade many times. Most versions were painted as seen here: close up and cropped at the sides. He returned the next winter to paint the cathedral again. He made more than thirty views of it. It was not the Gothic façade that was Monet's subject. It was the atmosphere that surrounded the cathedral. "To me the motif itself is an insignificant factor," Monet said, "What I want to reproduce is what exists between the motif and me."[2]
All of the paintings in the series were made in 1892 and 1893. They were reworked in Monet's studio in 1894. In 1895, he chose what he considered to be the twenty best paintings from the series, and displayed them at his gallery in Paris. Of these twenty, he sold eight before the exhibition was over. Pissarro and Cézanne visited the exhibition and praised the series highly.[3]
Gallery
The portal and the tower of the saint-romain at morning sun, Harmony in Blue
1893
Musée d'Orsay
Paris, France
Rouen Cathedral, Facade (Morning effect)
1892-1894
Folkwang Museum
Essen, Germany
Rouen Cathedral, Facade 1
1892-1894
Pola Museum of Art
Hakone, Japan
Rouen Cathedral, The Façade in Sunlight
1894
Clark Art Institute
Williamstown, USA
Rouen Cathedral, West Facade, 1894, National Gallery of Art
Rouen Cathedral, West Facade, Sunlight, 1894, National Gallery of Art
Rouen Cathedral- Setting Sun, (Symphony in Grey and Pink), 1894, National Museum Cardiff, Great Britain
Rouen Cathedral, Facade and the Tour d'Albane. Grey Weather, 1894, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen
La Cathédrale de Rouen. Le portail et la tour Saint-Romain, effet du matin ; harmonie blanche
1892-1893
Musée d'Orsay
Paris, France
Rouen Cathedral, Facade and Tour d'AlbaneI, dull day
1892-1894
Beyeler Museum
Riehen, Switzerland
Rouen Cathedral, the West Portal, Dull Weather
1892
Musée d'Orsay
Paris, France
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References
- ↑ Kleiner, Fred S. (2009). Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective. Cengage Learning. p. 656. ISBN 978-0495573647. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ↑ Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, Sunlight, National Gallery of Art, archived from the original on 2012-10-10, retrieved 2013-01-23
- ↑ Sumner, Ann (2005). Colour and Light: Fifty Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Works at the National Museum of Wales. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales. p. 86. ISBN 0-7200-0551-5.
Other websites
- An analysis of Monet's Rouen series
- Essay on Monet's Rouen Cathedral series from the J. Paul Getty Museum