• Rouen Cathedral, Portal in the Sun’ was created in 1894 by Claude Monet in Impressionism style.
  • The Rouen Cathedral series was painted in the 1890s by French impressionist Claude Monet. The paintings in the series each capture the façade of Rouen Cathedral...
  • Monet often painted the same scene of the Rouen Cathedral under a different lighting and atmospheric conditions for interest in the effect of lights on its subject...
  • Relive Claude Monet’s time in Rouen. It’s hard to walk past the Cathedral without thinking of the most famous impressionist painter who turned it into an...
  • Claude Monet and his series based on Rouen Cathedral went on to play a major part in the development and promotion of Impressionism in France and across...
  • This is how Claude Monet’s series of views of Rouen Cathedral painted between 1892 and 1894 has been described.
  • Rouen Cathedral: The Portal (Sunlight), Claude Monet (French, Paris 1840–1926 Giverny), Oil on canvas.
  • Famed for his thematic work featuring rural scenery, in this series, Monet steps out of his comfort zone to conjure great images of the grand Rouen Cathedral.
  • Rouen Cathedral Series (1892-1894) by Claude Monet.
  • Here is another example of how Claude Monet painted the same subject in varying environments to demonstrate how changes in light can affect color.