Urban Life

  • A Confab (1902-03)

    A Confab (1902-03)

    John George Brown (American, 1831–1913)

    Two street kids lean in, heads nearly touching, sharing a secret or a joke. Their worn clothes and scuffed shoes hint at hard lives, but their animated faces glow with mischief. The cobblestones around them fade into the background—this moment is all about the unspoken bond between them.

  • 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.