Rouen Cathedral, West Façade — Claude Monet, 1894

Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, Sunlight · 1894 · National Gallery of Art, Washington

He painted the same façade more than thirty times, changing the hour and the weather. The subject is not the stone but the light laid on it.

Claude Monet · 1840–1926 · Impressionism

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• Water Lilies — Water Lilies · 1906 · Art Institute of Chicago
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• La Grenouillère — La Grenouillère · 1869 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Woman with a Parasol — Woman with a Parasol · 1875 · National Gallery of Art, Washington
• The Gare Saint-Lazare — La Gare Saint-Lazare · 1877 · Musée d'Orsay
• Haystacks, End of Summer — Meules, fin de l'été · 1890–91 · Art Institute of Chicago
• Poplars — Peupliers · 1891 · Philadelphia Museum of Art
• Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies — Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies · 1899 · Metropolitan Museum of Art