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The Houses of Parliament from Westminster Bridge

1906
(French, 1880–1954)
France, 20th century
oil on canvas
Framed: 106 x 124.5 x 10 cm (41 3/4 x 49 x 3 15/16 in.); Unframed: 73.6 x 92 cm (29 x 36 1/4 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1983.67
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Location: 223 20th Century Avant-Garde
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André Derain painted this view of parliament over a century ago, but you can still stand on Westminster Bridge and see the same vista.

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This painting is one of several views André Derain painted of London between 1905 and 1906. Such works exemplify mature Fauvism, a style of painting that utilized intense, arbitrary color and energetic brushwork, first developed
around 1904 by Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Henri Matisse. Nicknamed the Fauves (wild beasts) by contemporary critics, the artists aimed for the liberation of color from reality, using it instead for compositional and expressive purposes.

The Houses of Parliament from Westminster Bridge

1906

André Derain

(French, 1880–1954)
France, 20th century

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