THE COLLECTION
The Japanese Footbridge
Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926)
c. 1920-22. Oil on canvas, 35 1/4 x 45 7/8" (89.5 x 116.3 cm). Grace Rainey Rogers Fund
242.1956
Monet's Water Lilies
September 13, 2009–April 12, 2010
The Japanese Footbridge is among Monet's last paintings of this subject, made between 1920 and 1922. Twenty-five years earlier, in the late 1890s, the footbridge provided the subject of Monet's first series of paintings of his pond at Giverny. While the paintings in the earlier series are more naturalistic in style, the later works feature dense swirls and loose strokes of color that almost obscure the form of the bridge. These later paintings also feature a fiery palette of maroons, rusts, and oranges unique within Monet's body of work.
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