À propos de l’œuvre
Le pont de Waterloo, Londres, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · 1903 · Waterloo Bridge seen from the Savoy Hotel
The Waterloo Bridge, Londonhand painted reproduction
The clear bridge crosses a purple-blue Thames while the chimneys on the south bank dissolve in a pink fog: this version of Pittsburgh transforms the industrial landscape into a luminous vibration.
Look at the work
The bridge becomes the bright border between water and industry
Monet sets up his view from above, from the Savoy Hotel. The apron and arches of Waterloo Bridge form a long, light strip that cuts the composition. Small touches of yellow, orange and blue suggest traffic; they give a human scale to the monument without precisely describing the vehicles.
Beyond the bridge, the large chimneys on the south bank rise in an atmosphere laden with smoke. They are not drawn by contours: they appear in differences of blue, mauve and pink. On the river, the arches extend into unstable reflections which prevent the construction from becoming a simple rigid line.
Monet does not hide the industrial city behind the fog: he shows how smoke, water and light give this city a new color.
Composition, touch and light
What Monet builds behind the impression of snapshot
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
A clear horizontal in the middle of the canvas
The bridge separates two more diffuse areas: the smoky sky and the river. Its piers and arches structure the space without interrupting the circulation of colors.
The south shore as an industrial spectrum
The chimneys remain vertical but their edges blend into the air. Cold tones keep them away, while a few warm accents signal urban activity.
Reflections that undo the stone
Under each arch, blues mingle with pinks and yellows. The reflection maintains the rhythm of the bridge while transforming it into moving material.
Details and visual documents
Observe the material and the exact version
The additional images show the difficult-to-read passages in the full view and, where it exists, the actual appearance of the work at the museum.
The official Google Arts & Culture view reaches 1200 × 777 px. The two details of 1000 × 480 px and 850 × 380 px are cropped directly in this source, without enlargement. All files are real WebPs.
Documented benchmarks
Three pieces of information specific to this work
These facts concern this precise version and are verified from the notice of the institution which keeps it.
More than forty views of the same bridge
The Carnegie Museum of Art recalls that Monet created more than forty paintings of Waterloo Bridge between 1899 and 1904, observing the motif from the Savoy Hotel.
Number 1588 of the catalog raisonné
This painting dated 1903 corresponds to Wildenstein number 1588. Its format of 64.5 × 100.3 cm accentuates the length of the bridge and the extent of the Thames.
Entered the Carnegie Museum in 1967
The work is numbered 67.2 and was acquired thanks to the generosity of the Sarah Mellon Scaife family. It is kept in Pittsburgh.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- The ivory color of the bridge without making it uniform
- The tiny warm accents of traffic
- The gradual disappearance of chimneys in the sky
- The blue and mauve reflections which extend the arches
Work sheet
| Title | The Waterloo Bridge, London |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1903 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 64.5 × 100.3 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, United States |
| Inventory | 67.2 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
Its palette of lavender blue, gray pink and ivory gives a calm presence to a large horizontal format. It is suitable for a living room or office with cream, greige, smoked blue or mineral pink walls.
