Charing Cross Bridge
1899
Claude Monet absolutely fell in love with the thick, pea-soup fog of London, setting up his easel at the Savoy Hotel to capture the Thames in all its hazy glory. Instead of crisp architectural lines, he used loose, shimmering brushstrokes of lavender, violet, and gold to show how the famous Charing Cross Bridge practically dissolved into the misty air. He painted dozens of versions of this exact same view, obsessing over how the light changed from minute to minute. It’s a perfect example of Impressionism, proving that sometimes what you can't clearly see is just as beautiful as what you can!
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