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The Pool of London
Artist: MONET, Claude (1840 - 1926)
Monet came to London in 1871 as a refugee from the Franco-Prussian war. This view of the Thames depicts the Pool of London with the Customs House on the right and London Bridge in the background. Brought up at Le Havre, Monet was fascinated by maritime views and had preferred to work out of doors, 'en plein air', since the 1850s. In 1868 Emile Zola enthused: 'He has sucked the milk of our age...He loves the horizons of our cities, the grey and white patches which the houses make against the light sky.'
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 2486
Creation/Production
MONET, Claude
Role: Artist
Date: 1871
Acquisition
Purchase, 1/9/1980
Measurements
Height: 48.5cm
Width: 74.5cm
h(cm) frame:70.0
w(cm) frame:96.0
d(cm) frame:9.0
Techniques
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
Location
Gallery 12
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Comments - (4)
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You've deleted my comment about the pointlessness of having this correspondence between Terry and Sara on line. But you've still kept the correspondence up.
Why? Please read it. IT'S OUT OF DATE - and it makes you look amateurish! Sadly, it's characteristic of your website which desperately need updating. If you don't realise
this you're part of the problem.
Hi there Terry
I've flagged up your question with our Department of Art and I'll post their reply here as soon as I get it.
Thanks for your enquiry,
Sara
Digital Team
- for research re Monet and Morisot - could you please confirm that it remains as an exhibit in Cardiff ?
Thanks