London Parliament (Monet painting)

Claude Monet painted a series of oil paintings of the Palace of Westminster, home of the British Parliament, in the fall of 1899 and the early months of 1900 and 1901 during stays in London. All of the series' paintings share the same viewpoint from Monet's window or a terrace at St Thomas' Hospital overlooking the Thames and the approximate canvas size of 81 cm x 92 cm (32 in x 36 3/8 in). They are however painted during different times of the day and weather circumstances.

By the time of the Houses of Parliament series, Monet had abandoned his earlier practice of completing a painting on the spot in front of the motif. He carried on refining the images back in France, and sent to London for photographs to help in this. This caused some adverse reaction, but Monet's reply was that his means of creating a work was his own business, and it was up to the viewer to judge the final result.

Some of the 19 known paintings in the Houses of Parliament series:

Houses of Parliament, London, 1900-1901 The Art Institute of Chicago

Parlement, coucher du soleil (sunset), 1902, private collection

Le Parlement, Effet de Brouillard, 1903, Museum of Fine Arts (St. Petersburg, Florida)

Houses of Parliament in the Fog, 1903, High Museum of Art

The Houses of Parliament, Seagulls, 1903, Princeton University Art Museum

Le Parlement de Londres, soleil couchant, 1903, National Gallery of Art Washington, DC.

The Houses of Parliament, Sunset, 1903, National Gallery of Art Washington, DC.

Houses of Parliament Sunlight Effect (Le Parlement effet de soleil), 1903, Brooklyn Museum

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