À propos de l’œuvre
Waterloo Bridge, effet de soleil, par Claude Monet
Claude Monet · 1899 -1901 · Zurich · W1593
Waterloo Bridge, London, sun effecthand painted reproduction
Waterloo Bridge appears in an almost dazzling yellow, pink and pale blue mist. The arches barely emerge, but the small colorful touches of the apron and two sailboats in the foreground are enough to give movement, distance and scale to the Thames.
Look at the work
Diffuse light absorbs the bridge without erasing its structure
The deck crosses the canvas halfway up like a discontinuous pink and yellow line. The piers descend towards large gray-blue arches, the edges of which blend into the water. Monet thus preserves the construction of the bridge while subjecting it to the atmosphere.
Orange-brown sailboats introduce the warmest accents. The closest is placed under the right arch of the center; its sail and its reflection form a fragile vertical in the middle of the horizontal gestures of the Thames.
The strength of this version is its low contrast: the bridge remains visible because each yellow, pink, sea green and mist blue occupies a slightly different temperature.
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.
Arches built with minimal gaps
The openings are not drawn by a line. They appear when colder blues meet the pinks and yellows of the bridge.
Traffic reduced to colorful punctuations
On the apron, a few touches of yellow, green and orange evoke vehicles and figures. They give activity without becoming descriptive details.
Two sailboats bringing the river closer
The red-brown sails contrast with the pastel range. Their size and position create the foreground and prevent the mist from flattening the entire scene.
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 exact view measures 2,400 × 1,543 px; details of arches and sailboats measure 1,800 × 650 px and 1,600 × 700 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
The oil on canvas is dated 1899 -1901 and measures 65 × 100 cm. It bears the number 1593 in Claude Monet's catalog raisonné.
Inventory 74 of the Bührle Foundation
The work belongs to the EG Bührle Collection Foundation and is listed at the Kunsthaus Zürich under BU 0074. The collection presents it under the title Waterloo Bridge, London, Sun Effect.
Waterloo Bridge in the London cycle
Monet began his observations in London then resumed the paintings in Giverny. The same bridge becomes the support for variations on fog, sun, time and industrial smoke.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
- The exact version Fondation Bührle 74, W1593
- The original format of 65 × 100 cm
- Visible arches without hard outline
- Warm sailboats maintained in a pastel range
Work sheet
| Title | Waterloo Bridge, London, sun effect |
|---|---|
| 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, powder pink, mist blue and sea green make up a luminous palette. This reproduction illuminates an ivory, greige, blue gray or celadon green wall with a very soft presence.
