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Claude Monet

CLAUDE MONET

Monet and London. Views of the Thames The Courtauld Gallery 27 September 2024–19 January 2025 London
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Claude Monet (1840—1926) is world renowned as the leading figure of French Impressionism, the movement that changed the course of modern art. Less known is the fact that some of Monet’s most remarkable Impressionist paintings were made not in France but in London. They depict extraordinary views of the Thames as it had never been seen before, full of evocative atmosphere, mysterious light and radiant colour.

Begun during three stays in the capital between 1899 and 1901, the series — depicting Charing Cross Bridge, Waterloo Bridge and the Houses of Parliament — was unveiled in Paris in 1904. Monet fervently wanted to show them in London the following year, but plans fell through. To this day, they have never been the subject of a UK exhibition.

The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Monet and London. Views of the Thames will realise Monet’s unfulfilled ambition of showing this extraordinary group of paintings in London, and just 300 metres from the Savoy Hotel where many of them were painted. By presenting the paintings Monet himself selected for his public in Paris and London, it will provide visitors with the unique experience of seeing the show Monet curated and the works he felt best represented his ambitious artistic enterprise — brought together for the first time 120 years after their inaugural exhibition.

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About the Artist

Claude Monet (1840–1926) was a French painter whose obsessive focus on light, colour, and atmosphere made him the central figure of Impressionism. Best known for luminous landscape and garden scenes painted en plein air, he helped give the movement its name with Impression, Sunrise (1872–73) and later produced his celebrated ‘Water Lilies’ series at Giverny, now among the most recognisable images in modern art. Monet’s work is represented in leading museums worldwide, and his life and practice continue to attract new audiences, including through recent screen projects such as the 2026 biographical film Monet Vision.​

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The Courtauld Gallery is a major art museum housed in the historic North Wing of Somerset House on the Strand in central London, England. It is home to one of the world’s great art collections, ranging from the medieval period to the present day, and is particularly renowned for its outstanding group of Impressionist and Post‑Impressionist paintings. The Gallery plays a dual role as the public face of The Courtauld Institute of Art—an internationally recognised centre for the teaching and research of art history—and as a landmark cultural destination in London.

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London Somerset House, Strand
The Courtauld Gallery contemporary art institution in London United Kingdom
The Courtauld Gallery
Somerset House, Strand, London, United Kingdom
+44 20 3947 7777
http://www.courtauld.ac.uk

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Monday – Sunday
10am – 6pm
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