Charing Cross Bridge, London (1901): Artwork and History

Charing Cross Bridge, London (1901) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926).

The work and its context

The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:

Beginning in September 1899, Claude Monet made almost one hundred paintings of the river Thames in London. These works show only three different views—Charing Cross Bridge and Waterloo Bridge, both painted from the Savoy Hotel; and the Houses of Parliament, painted from Saint Thomas’s Hospital. In the smoggy, industrial city, Monet challenged himself to capture effects of light seen through a dense atmospheric screen. Beyond the rectilinear skeleton of Charing Cross Bridge—reminiscent of bridges in Japanese prints, which the artist collected—rises the ghostlike silhouette of the Houses of Parliament.

Object facts

• Title: Charing Cross Bridge, London
• Date: 1901
• Artist attribution: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
• Place of origin: France
• Medium: Oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 65 × 92.2 cm (25 5/8 × 36 5/16 in.); Framed: 87 × 113.1 × 11.2 cm (34 1/4 × 44 1/2 × 4 3/8 in.)
• Type: Painting
• Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
• Reference number: 1933.1150

Collection credit

Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection

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