À propos de l’œuvre
Waterloo Bridge, effet de soleil, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · 1899 -1901 · Zurich · W1593
Waterloo Bridge, sun in the mist W1593hand painted reproduction
Waterloo Bridge passes through a creamy yellow atmosphere where the smoke, the sun and the Thames seem to be made of the same material. The blue-green arches, the tiny apron accents and two orange-brown sailboats nevertheless maintain a precise depth in this almost contrastless harmony.
Look at the work
The bridge is built by small temperature variations in the mist
The deck occupies the middle of the canvas in the form of a discontinuous pink and yellow line. The piers are not surrounded: they appear when the cold blues of the arches meet the warmer tones of the bridge and the distant bank.
In the lower part, the touches become more horizontal and fragmented. Two sailboats bring red browns which immediately catch the eye. Their irregular reflections differentiate the water from the mist without breaking the pastel unity.
Monet's fog does not erase London: it replaces the contours with color relationships fine enough to reveal the bridge, the smoke and the boats.
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 sky crossed by colorful smoke
Gray, green and pink streaks do not form isolated clouds. They mingle with the ambient yellow and make the industrial activity of the shore felt.
An apron punctuated with small touches
A few yellow, green and red accents suggest traffic. Their tiny scale is essential for measuring the width of the river.
Open arches without black drawing
The blues and greens of the openings should remain cool enough to be readable, but diffuse enough to belong to the same atmosphere as the rest of the canvas.
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 full view measures 2,400 × 1,543 px; details measure 1,700 × 650 px and 1,800 × 650 px. No files have been enlarged and all three images 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.
The Wildenstein 1593 version
This oil on canvas of 65 × 100 cm is dated 1899 -1901. It corresponds to number 1593 of Claude Monet's catalog raisonné.
Bührle Foundation 74, Kunsthaus BU 0074
The painting belongs to the EG Bührle Collection Foundation and is documented at the Kunsthaus Zürich under number BU 0074, with the title Waterloo Bridge, London, Sun Effect.
The same motif taken up under changing atmospheres
Monet observes Waterloo Bridge from his London perspective, then resumes his paintings at Giverny. Each version retains the structure of the bridge while isolating a particular light and foggy state.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- The precise painting of the Bührle Foundation, W1593
- The original format of 65 × 100 cm
- Smoke readable without darkening the sky
- Traffic reduced to small colored touches
Work sheet
| Title | Waterloo Bridge, sun in the mist W1593 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1899 - 1901 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 65 × 100 cm |
| Orientation | Horizontal |
| Conservation | EG Bührle Collection Foundation, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland |
| Inventory | 74 · BU 0074 · Wildenstein 1593 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
A palette designed with the room
Cream yellow, mist pink, celadon blue and warm gray make up a calm and luminous palette. This reproduction is suitable for an off-white, greige, sea green or gray blue wall.
