Waterloo Bridge
1904
Celebrated as a founding figure of Impressionism, he is one of France’s most ren…
An arched bridge emerges like a ghost from a cotton candy-like pink and lavender mist.
A fantastical scene of London's River Thames, enveloped in thick smog from the Industrial Revolution.
But in fact, when this painting was completed, the painter Monet was confronting the limitations of Impressionism, which aimed to 'capture a fleeting moment,' and was in the midst of endless revisions.
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