Rouen Cathedral
Artist: Claude Monet
Year Composed: 1894
Artistic Movement: Impressionism
Nationality: France
Floor Found in Château: Second Garden
Year Composed: 1894
Artistic Movement: Impressionism
Nationality: France
Floor Found in Château: Second Garden
About the Artwork
Painted as part of a series, Claude Monet gave the art world his Rouen Cathedral in the 1890s. Each painting within the series captures the famous cathedral at various points of the day as well as of the year. The individual paintings are spread across museums around the world, including ones in the National Museum of Serbia (Belgrade, Serbia), the Musée d'Orsay (Paris, France), and this particular painting, which is housed in the National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C., United States of America). The bright tones in this version helps give the illusion of a bright, summer day in the city of Rouen.
About the Artist
As a founder of French Impressionist painting, Claude Monet used the emotional, painterly brushstrokes to depict the beauty and serenity of the French landscape during the 19th and 20th Centuries (or during the 1800s and 1900s). Monet's landscapes, including his Impression, Sunrise (1872), Mouth of the Seine at Honfleur (1865), and Flowers on the Riverbank at Argenteuil (1877), highlight the movement of light and the passage of time over the landscapes - the passing of both days as well as seasons.
About the Movement
Rouen Cathedral was composed in the Impressionist Age of art. Impressionism was characterized by extremely loose brushstrokes that were visible throughout the entire painting. This 19th-Century (or 1800s) art movement took landscapes, figures, and objects and incorporated both movement and emotion. Impressionism, in a matter of style, was almost the blending between Cubism and Baroque art; that dramatic and emotional appeal of the Baroque mixed with the inclusion of motion and the passing of time of Cubism. Some of the most famous Impressionist artists included Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas.
Location of Original Work of Art: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States of America
Painted as part of a series, Claude Monet gave the art world his Rouen Cathedral in the 1890s. Each painting within the series captures the famous cathedral at various points of the day as well as of the year. The individual paintings are spread across museums around the world, including ones in the National Museum of Serbia (Belgrade, Serbia), the Musée d'Orsay (Paris, France), and this particular painting, which is housed in the National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C., United States of America). The bright tones in this version helps give the illusion of a bright, summer day in the city of Rouen.
About the Artist
As a founder of French Impressionist painting, Claude Monet used the emotional, painterly brushstrokes to depict the beauty and serenity of the French landscape during the 19th and 20th Centuries (or during the 1800s and 1900s). Monet's landscapes, including his Impression, Sunrise (1872), Mouth of the Seine at Honfleur (1865), and Flowers on the Riverbank at Argenteuil (1877), highlight the movement of light and the passage of time over the landscapes - the passing of both days as well as seasons.
About the Movement
Rouen Cathedral was composed in the Impressionist Age of art. Impressionism was characterized by extremely loose brushstrokes that were visible throughout the entire painting. This 19th-Century (or 1800s) art movement took landscapes, figures, and objects and incorporated both movement and emotion. Impressionism, in a matter of style, was almost the blending between Cubism and Baroque art; that dramatic and emotional appeal of the Baroque mixed with the inclusion of motion and the passing of time of Cubism. Some of the most famous Impressionist artists included Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas.
Location of Original Work of Art: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States of America