In Claude Monet’s “The Japanese Footbridge,” thick swirls of maroon, rust, and orange nearly blur the bridge into abstraction. For some critics, this bold shift was shocking—even seen as a sign of the artist’s declining eyesight. For Monet, these works were simply capturing how the world felt to him in the moment.
[1] Claude Monet. “The Japanese Footbridge.” c. 1920-22. Grace Rainey Rogers Fund [2] Claude Monet. “Water Lilies.” 1914-26. Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund [3] William C. Seitz. “Untitled (The Japanese Footbridge and the Water Lily Pool).” 1958. William C. Seitz Papers, I.7. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York
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