Rouen Cathedral, Symphony in Grey and Pink  1892

Working from the window of a milliner's shop overlooking its façade, Monet began his series of over thirty views of Rouen Cathedral in February 1892. He returned in February 1893 and completed it at Giverny in 1893-94. This painting of the cathedral viewed by the light of the setting sun is one of twenty [i]Cathédrales[/i] exhibited to immense critical success at Paris in ...