Houses of Parliament, London

During the autumn of 1899 and the early months of 1900 and 1901, Claude Monet created a series of nearly 100 Impressionist oil paintings capturing various views of the Thames River during his stays in London. Among these, one series focused on the Palace of Westminster, home to the British Parliament. All the paintings in the series were created from the same vantage point (either his window or a terrace at St. Thomas' Hospital overlooking the Thames) and shared a consistent canvas size of 81 cm × 92 cm (32 in × 36 3/8 in). Despite this uniformity, they depict the scene under varying times of day and weather conditions.

By the time he painted the Houses of Parliament series, Monet had moved away from completing his works entirely on-site. Instead, he refined the paintings back in his studio in Giverny, France, often requesting photographs from London to assist him. This shift in his process drew some criticism, but Monet dismissed it, asserting that his method of creation was his own concern and that viewers should judge the finished work, not the process behind it.

Beautiful, isn't it?

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P.P.S. The artist loved to repeat one motive multiple times in his work. Here are Claude Monet's series masterpieces!