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The Pool of London
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.'
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 2486
Creation/Production
MONET, Claude
Date: 1871
Acquisition
Purchase, 1/9/1980
Measurements
Height
(cm): 48.5
Width
(cm): 74.5
Height
(in): 19
Width
(in): 29
h(cm) frame:70.0
h(cm)
w(cm) frame:96.0
w(cm)
d(cm) frame:9.0
d(cm)
Techniques
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
Location
In store
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