Monet and the Thames

[kazzy_cee]

Today I went to London to see The Courtauld Gallery exhibition Monet and London: Views of The Thames. The Gallery is easy for me to get to in less than an hour by train to Charing Cross and then a short blustery walk from the station to the Gallery

Comments

[trepkos]

I wonder how the Savoy felt about one of their rooms being full of paints, oils, and wet canvasses!

[kazzy_cee]

I imagine as he was there for several months they were quite happy to clean up after him. Must have cost a fortune!

[kathyh]

Thanks for the tip about the virtual tour as I tried to get tickets for this and it had sold out! Avoiding crowds sounds like a good plan.

[kazzy_cee]

Oh that’s a shame. I booked a month ago and was surprised how popular it was. It was busy!

[heleninwales]

Those paintings give a real insight into the air pollution at the time. Though having said that, it probably wasn't much better in the 50s and early 60s when I was a child, before the clean air acts came into force and people stopped having coal fires.

[kazzy_cee]

They do, don't they. He really didn't realise that it was not a good thing and his letters home go on and on about how wonderful the fog is and you 'don't see it anywhere else'!!

[spikesgirl58]

You're right. I hadn't realized this. some of them look like they need to be cleaned (I know they don't). Thanks for the photos and the link!

[kazzy_cee]

They really are murky, aren't they? Some really didn't photograph well - they were better in RL.

[spikesgirl58]

Sigh, that's often the case.

[debris4spike]

Being colourblind, some of Monet's work is sadly lost on me ... but that is a lovely image of Overcast Waterloo Bridge

[kazzy_cee]

It's all rather grey even for non-colourblind people. Just a splash of orange here and there.

[debris4spike]

Yes, it just all blurs into one ... especially blues/grey./green paints.

Next time you visit take a black marker pen and draw round the outlines for me ... that might help (Hee hee)