The version kept in Bern
The Kunstmuseum Bern gives the Wildenstein number 1562, the date 1903 and the exact dimensions of 65 × 101.5 cm. The signature "Claude Monet 1903" is painted gray in the lower right corner.
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Artwork description
Claude Monet · 1903 · Kunstmuseum Bern · W1562
Under a yellow gray sky, Waterloo Bridge forms a slate blue strip punctuated by four light arches. Chimneys emerge from the mist and a small boat passes under the bridge. This oil on canvas measuring 65 × 101.5 cm, signed lower right, is Wildenstein 1562.

Look at the work
The apron cuts the composition in the middle and separates two spaces of the same density: the sky laden with smoke and the Thames covered with horizontal wrinkles. The pillars are never isolated by a line; they appear when the blue of the bridge meets the warmer light of the arches.
The range initially appears monochrome, but it mixes green gray, Prussian blue, mauve and sulfur beige. A few darker touches indicate traffic on the bridge. Under the central arch, the tiny boat gives the scale of the monument and the depth of the river.
In W1562, gray is not an absence of color: it results from the balance between yellow smoke, blue stone and purple reflections.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
The Kunstmuseum Bern gives the Wildenstein number 1562, the date 1903 and the exact dimensions of 65 × 101.5 cm. The signature "Claude Monet 1903" is painted gray in the lower right corner.
Monet looks out over Waterloo Bridge from his room on the north bank of the River Thames. The view plunges slightly over the bridge, boats and smoke from the opposite industrial bank.
The museum file traces the passage of the work by Durand-Ruel and Paul Cassirer before his entry into the Gurlitt family. The painting joined the Kunstmuseum Bern by bequest in 2014.
Reference image
Only one image is used: the exact view of W1562, converted into a true WebP of 1,350 × 869 px at its native resolution, without artificial enlargement.
The mist should not be reproduced by uniform blur. Each arch maintains a different intensity, from the large clear opening on the left to the more muffled shapes on the right.
Earthy yellows and very diluted mauves avoid a only blue scene. They reflect the mixture of natural light, steam and urban smoke.
The river is built in small blue-gray and purple bands. Their direction must remain lateral in order to support the large panoramic format and the weight of the bridge.
Documented benchmarks
The Kunstmuseum Bern identifies the work as Waterloo Bridge, gray time, dated 1903, oil on canvas 65 × 101.5 cm, inventory 157371 and Wildenstein 1562.
The inscription "Claude Monet 1903" measures approximately 3.1 × 19 cm according to the material examination published in the basis of the Gurlitt legacy.
The museum also preserves documentation of the reverse, labels and frame marks, useful for following the material history of the painting.
This issue separates this cold, covered version of the Waterloo Bridge in direct sunlight, dusk or under pink fog.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | Waterloo Bridge, gray weather W1562 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1903 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 65 × 101.5 cm |
| Orientation | Panoramic horizontal |
| Conservation | Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland |
| Inventory | 157371 · Wildenstein 1562 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
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