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  1. San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk
    San Giorgio Maggiore at DuskPainting by Claude Monet
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    San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk - Wikipedia

    Versions in Cardiff and Tokyo

    One version of San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk was acquired in Paris by the Welsh art collector Gwendoline Davies. She … See more

    San Giorgio Maggiore al Crepuscolo: Description of the painting

    San Giorgio Maggiore al Crepuscolo is approximately two-by-three feet and painted in oil on canvas. It depicts mysterious buildings that seem to magically appear from the surrounding landscape, they almos… See more

    ArtistClaude Monet
    Year1908–1912
    MediumOil on canvas
    Dimensions65.2 cm × 92.4 cm (25.7 in × 36.4 in)
    Monet paints Venice at sunset
    Monet paints Venice at sunset
    This painting by Claude Monet, an Impressionist pioneer, shows Venice at dusk. It belongs to a series he made in 1908.
    Monet and San Giorgio Maggiore

    Monet painted the church of San Giorgio Maggiore in six lighting conditions. With this varied approach, the paintings focused on the ‘nature of experience.’ He was particularly impressed by the Venetian sunsets, “th… See more

    Completion of the paintings in France

    Monet felt Venice was a city "too beautiful to be painted", which may be why he returned with many paintings unfinished to Giverny, his home in France. However, he had already retreated from his earlier practice of … See more

    Dispersal

    In 1912 the Venice paintings were mainly dispersed as a result of a successful exhibition of twenty-nine canvases. This exhibition, entitled Claude Monet Venise, was held at the gallery Bernheim-Jeune in Paris. The … See more

    In popular culture

    The painting became familiar in 1999 after its appearance in John McTiernan’s heist film The Thomas Crown Affair. In the film the picture is stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In actuality, the Metropolita… See more

    See also

    • List of paintings by Claude Monet
    • Other paintings from Monet's San Giorgio Maggiore series are to be seen in Cardiff and Indianapolis Museum of Art See more

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