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Rouen Cathedral (Monet series)
1892–1894 series of paintings by Claude Monet
The Rouen Cathedral series was painted in the 1890s by French impressionistClaude Monet. The paintings in the series each capture the façade of Rouen Cathedral at different times of the day and year and reflect changes in its appearance under different lighting conditions.[1]
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The Rouen Cathedral paintings, more than thirty in all, were made in 1892 and 1893 in Rouen, Normandy, then reworked in Monet’s studio in 1894.
Monet rented spaces in Rouen across the street from the cathedral as his temporary studio.[2] In 1895 he selected what he considered to be the twenty best paintings from the series for display at his Paris dealer’s gallery and sold eight of them before the exhibition was over.
Camille Pissarro and Paul Cézanne visited the exhibition and praised the series highly.
Historically, the series was well-timed. In the early 1890s, France was seeing a revival of