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MONET, Claude: The Church of Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois

🖼 The Church of Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois, 1867
Oil on canvas
79 × 98 cm
Berlin, Germany

Golden light bathes the Gothic facade of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, its stone rendered in soft, broken brushstrokes that capture fleeting atmospheric effects. Monet's serial study of this Paris landmark pioneered his revolutionary approach to color and light, influencing modern art's obsession with perception over representation.

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