Le Bassin des Nympheas

In the months from February to April in 1892 and 1893, Monet worked on a series of ca 30 paintings of the western fa?ade of the gothic cathedral of Rouen. He rented suitable rooms in houses opposite the massive fa?ade to paint the motif in the changing light of different times of day. The painting shows the three portals with rose window and the kings¡¯ gallery above, and only a sheen at the tops of the fa?ade relief allows viewers to situate the building emerged in early morning mist. He finished the series in 1894 in his studio in Giverny and was able to present 20 paintings of the Rouen Cathedral to his Parisian art dealer, Durand-Ruel a year later. With series of motifs like these, Monet developed a form of serial painting around 1890 as modern and contemporary now as it was then. Title Le portail, brouillard matinal (The Portal (Morning Fog)) Creator Claude Monet Creator Lifespan 1840/1926 Date 1894 Provenance Acquired in 1970 with support of the Eugen-und-Agnes-von-Waldthau