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San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk

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for a couple of weeks, and then moved to the Hotel Britannia, where they stayed until December. According to Mme. Monet, the Britannia had a view, "if such a thing were possible, even more beautiful than that of Palazzo Barbaro..." Monet painted looking out from this hotel, but not, it seems, in the
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Monet painted the church of San Giorgio Maggiore in six lighting conditions. With this varied approach, the paintings focused on the ‘nature of experience.’ He was particularly impressed by the Venetian sunsets, “these splendid sunsets which are unique in the world.” He had previously been inspired
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is approximately two-by-three feet and painted in oil on canvas. It depicts mysterious buildings that seem to magically appear from the surrounding landscape, they almost seem to float in the background. The forms are gently inserted, though not enough to disguise their identity. The painting
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case of this particular painting. Although the view from the hotel included the church of San Giorgio Maggiore, the painting at dusk appears to have been viewed from the waterfront known as the
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This photo separates the campanile and dome of San Giorgio Maggiore, as it is taken from a position nearer the Grand Canal than the dusk paintings.
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In 1912 the Venice paintings were mainly dispersed as a result of a successful exhibition of twenty-nine canvases. This exhibition, entitled
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Monet felt Venice was a city "too beautiful to be painted", which may be why he returned with many paintings unfinished to
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with its bell tower rising to the top of the painting. To the right are the faintly visible domes of
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in Paris. The same gallery had hosted exhibitions of the Rouen and London series.
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65.2 cm × 92.4 cm (25.7 in × 36.4 in)
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Newcomb, Molly. "San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk: Claude Monet." (2 April 2012)
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National Museum Wales, "San Giorgio Maggiore by Twilight Breaking Dawn,"
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Tucker, Paul Hayes and George T.M. Shackleford and Mary Anne Stevens,
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Venice: San Giorgio Maggiore at Sunset, from the Hotel Europa 1840
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The hotel's name has since changed to the Hotel Europa and Regina
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Brownjohn, John and Stephan Koja and Galerie Osterreichische,
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The painting became familiar in 1999 after its appearance in
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in 1911 seems to have been a factor in their completion.
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Version owned by the Bridgestone Museum of Art in Tokyo.
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which Monet began in 1908 during his only visit there.
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Fondation Monet – Giverny home, studio, and gardens
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Claude Monet
National Museum Cardiff
Cardiff
Impressionist
Claude Monet
San Giorgio Maggiore
Venice
Gwendoline Davies
National Museum Cardiff
Cardiff
Wales
Bridgestone Museum of Art
Church of San Giorgio Maggiore
Santa Maria della Salute
Grand Canal
Normandy
Rouen Cathedral
Haystacks
Houses of Parliament

Alice
Palazzo Barbaro
Riva degli Schiavoni
Renoir
Manet
Turner
Giverny
Alice

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