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
Echoing the retrospective 'Monet, Painting Time' organized by the Musée de l'Orangerie and Tate Modern, this gallery brings together eight landmark canvases from open-access collections, exploring the master's lifelong dialogue with the passage of light and time.
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 Parisian iron-and-glass roof, swirling steam envelops...
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WORK 02
Grainstack in the Sunlight, Snow Effect
Fifteen times the same stack: time dissected in the open field. An isolated grainstack in winter snow and sunlight...
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WORK 03
Rouen Cathedral, Facade (Sunset)
The same portal, another hour: sunset in blue stone. The medieval facade ignites in warm orange highlights and cool...
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WORK 04
The Portal, Morning Fog
Breathing stone: a cathedral painted like a sky. The portal of Rouen Cathedral dissolves in morning mist, where...
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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
Houses of Parliament, London
London dissolved: fog as the matter of time. The Houses of Parliament rise as a spectral silhouette over the Thames...
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WORK 07
Water Lilies
The pond-world: 250 canvases to lose sight of the edge. No bank, no horizon: only the water's surface, reflected...
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WORK 08
The Japanese Bridge
The last motif: a bridge between two worlds, painted almost blind. The arch of the bridge spans the pond in a blaze...
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