The Japanese Bridge
1918-1924
Imagine looking at your garden through a pair of foggy, green-tinted glasses—that’s essentially what Monet was doing when he painted this. Suffering from severe cataracts in his final years, the master of Impressionism relied on memory and muscle as much as sight, resulting in these wild, swirling strokes of green and blue. The famous Japanese bridge barely emerges from the chaos of the foliage, looking less like a wooden structure and more like a ghostly rainbow arching over a dream.
- Technique
- Oil on canvas
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