The Houses of Parliament, Sunset
1900-1903
Claude Monet captured the Houses of Parliament in London shrouded in a dreamy, violet mist, with a fiery orange sun struggling to pierce through the heavy smog. Painted from his room at the Savoy Hotel, this masterpiece is part of a famous series where the artist became utterly obsessed with how the thick London fog transformed the city's gothic architecture into shifting, colorful silhouettes. The thick, visible brushstrokes make the water and sky seem to vibrate with color, perfectly capturing a fleeting, atmospheric moment of a sunset over the River Thames.
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- Oil on canvas
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