"If it were not for the fog", Claude Monet once said, "London would not be a beautiful city. It is the fog that gives the city its magnificent breadth". When the iconic artist created his London series, he woke up early every day to paint Waterloo Bridge in the morning and Charing Cross Bridge in the afternoon. He studied the subjects from the window of his room at the Savoy Hotel. This piece is called Waterloo Bridge, Sunlight Effect.

Claude Monet was born in 1840 in Paris and, together with Auguste Renoir, was one of the main pioneers of Impressionism and was also the one who gave the movement its name through his painting Impression. Sunrise from 1872.

Monet was close friends with another famous artist Eduardo Manet who among other things painted A Parisian Lady . With the help of Manet, Monet, in 1871, got hold of a residence in a suburb of Paris named Argenteuil. After the move, Monet began one of the most productive phases of his career, creating many of his most famous works.

Artist: Claude Monet (1840-1926) | Created: 1903.

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