# Rouen Cathedral, West Façade, in Impressionism

Claude Monet painted this in 1894, aged 54. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> The west front of Rouen Cathedral fills the canvas, its portal, gable, rose window and spires dissolving into a crust of blue, peach, lavender and brown paint.

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## The work

- Date: 1894
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 100.1 x 65.9 cm (39 3/8 x 25 15/16 in.) framed: 121.6 x 88.3 cm (47 7/8 x 34 3/4 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1963.10.49
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Claude Monet](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/claude-monet), French, 1840–1926

Monet grew up in Le Havre, where Eugène Boudin encouraged him to paint outdoors. In Paris he met Renoir, Sisley and Bazille, and his Impression, Sunrise gave the Impressionist movement its name in 1874.

10 works in the collection.

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