cityscape

  • Le balcon de Jaurès (circa 1915)

    Le balcon de Jaurès (circa 1915)

    Henri Martin (French, 1860–1943)

    A woman leans on the balcony railing, bathed in the soft glow of evening. The city stretches below, its rooftops dissolving into hazy blues and purples. Light catches the folds of her dress, blending with the dreamlike brushstrokes of the scene—quiet, intimate, suspended in twilight.

  • Houses of Parliament, London (1900)

    Houses of Parliament, London (1900)

    Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

    A ghostly silhouette of Parliament emerges from London’s mist, where light dissolves architecture into fleeting color.

  • Charing Cross Bridge, London (1901)

    Charing Cross Bridge, London (1901)

    Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

    A misty London bridge dissolves into light and water, where Monet turns the ordinary into a dream of color and motion.

  • Waterloo Bridge,Gray Day (1903)

    Waterloo Bridge,Gray Day (1903)

    Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

    A fog-drenched London bridge dissolves into mist, where industrial grit becomes strangely beautiful.