Claude Monet's Visions of the Thames

Claude Monet's Visions of the Thames

120 years after their presentation in Paris, the Courtauld Gallery in London is exhibiting for the first time in the United Kingdom the series of paintings that Claude Monet dedicated to views of the Thames.From 27 September 2024 to 19 January 2025 the Courtauld Gallery in London hosts the exhibition Monet and London: Views of the Thames. The exhibition will include for the first time in London, 120 years after their presentation in Paris, the series that Claude Monet dedicated to the views of the Thames.Begun during just three stays in London between 1899 and 1901, the series depicting Charing Cross Bridge, Waterloo Bridge and the Houses of Parliament was in fact shown in Paris in 1904. Monet wished to exhibit them the following year in the capital crossed by the Thames, but it never happened. To date, there has never been an exhibition in the UK.The exhibition aims to present the paintings that Monet himself selected for audiences in Paris and London, offering visitors the experience of viewing the works that he believed best represented his ambitious artistic endeavor.