Orangerie centenary show · 30 Sep 2026 – 25 Jan 2027
Monet, Painting Time
1840–1926
A hundred years after his death, Monet still paints time itself: the instant of the railway age, the dissected hours of the great series, the still duration of the Water Lilies.
Echoing the Orangerie exhibition · Independent archive
On the occasion of 'Monet, Painting Time' at the Musée de l'Orangerie (then Tate Modern, London), this selection brings together eight landmark canvases in total independence, from open-access museum scans cleared for commercial use, for study and contemplation.
The works
Eight canvases to explore
From the smoke of Saint-Lazare to the still water of Giverny, via grainstacks, fogged Parliaments and the stones of Rouen.
WORK 01
The Saint-Lazare Station
Speed painted: smoke as the measure of the century. Under the station roof, steam blurs the locomotives and dissolves...
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WORK 02
Grainstack in the Sunlight, Snow Effect
Fifteen times the same stack: time dissected in the open field. A haystack in snow and sun, an insignificant motif...
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WORK 03
Rouen Cathedral, Facade (Sunset)
The same portal, another hour: sunset in blue stone. The facade ignites in orange and blue shadow (1892, 100 × 65 cm...
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WORK 04
The Portal, Morning Fog
Breathing stone: a cathedral painted like a sky. The Rouen portal dissolves in morning mist, stone becomes atmosphere...
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WORK 05
The Water Lily Pond: Green Harmony
The centenary poster: the water garden as a stopped clock. The Japanese bridge spans a horizonless pond where green...
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WORK 06
The Houses of Parliament, Fog Effect
London dissolved: fog as the matter of time. Parliament is no more than a violet silhouette in the Thames fog (1903...
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WORK 07
Water Lilies
The pond-world: 250 canvases to lose sight of the edge. No bank, no horizon: only water, reflections and flowers...
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WORK 08
The Japanese Bridge
The last motif: a bridge between two worlds, painted almost blind. A green arch over the pond, mingled reflections, a...
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