Monet also used San Giorgio Maggiore as a view-point for The Doge's Palace Seen from San Giorgio Maggiore.Also visible in the scene are the dome of the Basilica of Santa Maria Salute and the entrance of the Grand Canal. The three paintings exhibited were the examples from the following collections: Also known by the titles, Dusk in Venice and San Giorgio Maggiore by Twilight, this oil on canvas is one of a series of paintings by Monet capturing the view of the island and monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore from Venice. This was a rare occurrence because no museum owns or exhibits more than two in a permanent collection. In 2018, the National Gallery in London exhibited nine of the Venice paintings, including three paintings of the series, together in a single room, for the duration of a temporary exhibition titled Monet & Architecture, devoted to Claude Monet's use of architecture as a means to structure and enliven his art. The Catalog Nos are as defined by Daniel Wildenstein in the Monet: Catalogue Raisonné.All works listed are described as Painting - oil on canvas.He had purchased the painting for $35 million. The owner, Jho Low, embezzled funds from 1Malaysia Development BHD., a government investment fund. Buyers included the Welsh collector Gwendoline Davies, who bought three paintings.Ī painting by Monet, described as being of San Giorgio Maggiore, was seized in July 2016 by Swiss officials on behalf of U.S. Monet completed his paintings of Venice at home in France and in 1912 showed them in Paris. One of the best known is San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk, which exists in two versions. They were begun in 1908 during the artist's only visit to the city. 1908 series of paintings by Claude Monet San Giorgio Maggiore in the collection of Indianapolis Museum of Art, The Lockton Collection, 70.76, Ĭlaude Monet painted a series of paintings of the island-monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice.
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