Claude Monet’s “Houses of Parliament” series is a collection of paintings that depict the Palace of Westminster, home to the British Parliament during his stays in London between 1900-1905. The series consists of identical viewpoints from Monet’s window at St Thomas’ Hospital overlooking the Thames. The paintings showcase Monet’s concept of an “envelope” of interactive colored light, making them a supreme expression of his artistic style.
One notable painting from this series is “Houses Of Parliament, London (Sun in the mist)” created by Monet in 1904. This masterpiece is painted in Impressionist style that emphasizes natural light and captures different atmospheric and light conditions. This painting features a stunning view of the Palace with sunlight breaking through dense fog.
Monet was known for his love for nature and landscapes; he used color-inspired brush strokes to capture movement, texture and reflection in compositions depicting landscapes or things as he saw them. In capturing this particular scene, he used blues, purples and yellows to bring out details such as water droplets on leaves giving a sense not just that it was hazy but also wet.
Claude Monet’s “Houses Of Parliament, London (Sun in the mist)” continues to be an iconic painting today recognized worldwide as one-of-a-kind work created by one-of-a-kind artist who captured a moment so beautifully whilst adding elements true only to him into its abstraction – yet being still impactful with its unmatched realism.
