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1924, Claude Monet, Le pont japonais [The Japanese Bridge] -- Auckland Art Gallery
From the gallery label:
Regarded as the leader of Impressionism, Claude Monet by 1871 had relocated to the country and in 1883 moved into the farmhouse at Giverny that would be his home until his death in 1926. Creating lily ponds and flower beds to serve as an outdoor studio, Monet relentlessly pursued the depiction of light, to the extent that his subjects are almost entirely subsumed by atmospheric effects in later canvases like Le pont japonais [The Japanese Bridge], 1918-24. As Monet stated: 'I want to paint the air in which the bridge, the house and the boat are to be found the beauty of the air around them.'
1924, Claude Monet, Le pont japonais [The Japanese Bridge] -- Auckland Art Gallery
From the gallery label:
Regarded as the leader of Impressionism, Claude Monet by 1871 had relocated to the country and in 1883 moved into the farmhouse at Giverny that would be his home until his death in 1926. Creating lily ponds and flower beds to serve as an outdoor studio, Monet relentlessly pursued the depiction of light, to the extent that his subjects are almost entirely subsumed by atmospheric effects in later canvases like Le pont japonais [The Japanese Bridge], 1918-24. As Monet stated: 'I want to paint the air in which the bridge, the house and the boat are to be found the beauty of the air around them.'