MAG Collection - Waterloo Bridge, Veiled Sun

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Waterloo Bridge, Veiled Sun

1903
25 1/2 x 39 1/4 in. (64.8 x 99.7 cm)

Claude Monet
France (Paris, 1840 – 1926, Giverny, France)

Object Type: Painting

Medium and Support: Oil on canvas

Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of Emily and James Sibley Watson

Accession Number: 1953.6

Location: Currently on view

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Monet loved London for its fog. During his 1901 visit to the city, he attempted to capture the evanescent effects of its misty climate in a series of views of Waterloo Bridge under varying conditions. Each time the light and weather shifted, he began a new canvas or returned to the one that recorded that particular atmosphere. Monet did not complete the paintings in London. He perfected them in his studio in France over the next three years. Thus, this painting records not only the artist's immediate response to the scene, but also his memory of it.

[Gallery label text, 1999]

Provenance

Sold by the artist to Durand-Ruel, Paris and New York (dealers), October 1905; sold by them to Durbin Horne (c. 1854-1916), Pittsburgh, February, 1906; sold (or returned) by him to Durand-Ruel, 1906; sold by them to Emily and James Sibley Watson, Rochester, February 1907; their gift to the Gallery in 1953

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20th century

Impressionism

bridges

cityscapes

1900-2000

paintings

London, England

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Exhibition List

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Monet 1/28/1907 - 2/14/1907
Loan Exhibition of Paintings Owned by Residents of Rochester 6/12/1914 - 9/7/1914
Exhibit from local collections arranged for visit of Charles L. Hutchinson 2/9/1922 - 2/12/1922
French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings 11/12/1931 - 12/9/1931
Rebels in Art 12/4/1936 - 1/17/1937
The Precursors of Modern Art 10/1/1938 - 10/31/1938
Around the World in Rochester 2/8/1952 - 3/2/1952
Permanent Collection Treasures 6/1/1957 - 8/31/1957
Summer Exhibit of Permanent Collection 6/1/1959 - 8/31/1959
Claude Monet: Seasons and Moments 3/9/1960 - 8/7/1960
Masters of Landscape: East and West Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute 9/15/1963 - 12/1/1963
European Paintings from the Rochester Memorial Art Gallery 1/15/1967 - 9/30/1967
Treasures from Rochester Memorial Art Gallery 4/14/1977 - 5/28/1977
London and the Thames: Paintings of Three Centuries National Maritime Museum 7/6/1977 - 10/9/1977
Monet in London 10/9/1988 - 1/8/1989
Monet: Lost in Translation Art Centre Basel 10/9/2015 - 1/10/2016
Monet’s Waterloo Bridge: Vision and Process 10/7/2018 - 1/6/2019
Monet's Waterloo Bridge: Vision and Process 1/25/2019 - 4/28/2019
Monet and the Modern City 5/25/2019 - 9/1/2019

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Article Author: Seiberling, Grace. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. New York, New York: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988. Page Number: 136-137
Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995.
Article Scope: Reproduction only. Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Denys Sutton. Treasures from Rochester: Exhibited at Wildenstein Galleries, New York, April 14-May 28, 1977: Summary Catalogue. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1977.
Article Author: Klein, Barbara. Article Title: Impressions of Urban Beauty. Article Scope: Review. Carnegie Magazine. Pittsburgh, PA: The Carnegie Institute Issue Date: Summer 2019.
Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. S. Lane Faison, Jr.. Art Tours and Detours in New York State. New York, New York: Random House, 1964.
Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Richard H. Love. Carl W. Peters: American Scene Painter from Rochester to Rockport. Rochester, New York: University of Rochester Press, 1999.
The Art Gallery. Ivorytown, CT: Hollycroft Press
Article Author: Seiberling, Grace. Article Title: Veiled Sun: Monet's Waterloo Bridge. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Porticus. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery Volume Number: 4 Issue Date: 1981. Page Number: 35-43
Brighton-Pittsford Post. Pittsford, NY
Apollo. London, England: Apollo
Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
Grant Holcomb, III, ed. Voices in the Gallery: Writers on Art. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2001.
Memorial Art Gallery. ARTiculate. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2000--.
The Precursors of Modern Art: The Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, October 1938. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1938.
Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Karin Sagner-Duchting, ed. Monet and Modernism. Munich: Prestel, 2001.
Article Scope: Catalogue Raisonné Entry. Daniel Wildenstein. Monet: Catalogue Raisonné. Köln, Germany: Taschen, 1996. Volume Number: 3
Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Eric Shanes. Impressionist London. New York, NY: Abbeville Press, 1994.
Article Scope: Mention. William C. Seitz. Claude Monet: Seasons and Moments. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1960.
Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Harley Preston. London and the Thames: Paintings of Three Centuries. London, England: National Maritime Museum, 1977.
Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Grace Seiberling. Monet in London. Atlanta, GA: High Museum of Art, 1989.
Grace Seiberling. Monet's Series. New York, NY: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1981.
Article Scope: Mention. Lionello Venturi. Les Archives de L'Impressionisme. New York, NY: Durand-Ruel, 1939.
Article Author: Andreatta, David. Article Title: Completing the Picture. Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. City Newspaper. Rochester, NY Issue Date: March 2022. Page Number: repr. p. 18
Scene. Rochester, NY: Arts & Cultural Council, 1969-1976.
Article Author: Alston, Carolyn. Article Title: The City that Never Sleeps. Article Scope: Poetry. Community Voices in the Gallery: a Collection of Writings by Members of our Community Inspired by Works of Art at the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2009. Page Number: 29
Suzanne Greub, ed. Monet: Lost in Translation. Munich: Art Centre Basel Hirmer Verlag GMH, 2015.
Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Marjorie Searl and Lu Harper. The Memorial Art Gallery: 100 Years. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2013.
Article Author: Norwood, Nancy. Article Title: Monet's Waterloo Bridge: Vision and Process. Article Scope: Chapter. Nancy Norwood, ed. Monet's Waterloo Bridge: Vision and Process. Rochester, NY: RIT Press, 2018. Page Number: cover, 5-12
20th/21st Century Art Evening Sale, London. London, England: Christie's, June 2022.

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