Monet at Kunsthaus Zürich
Monet’s works at Kunsthaus Zürich include a lighthouse on the Normandy coast, views of London and Venice, and broad canvases of his water-lily pond. The selection below brings those subjects together. Buildings remain prominent in the harbour and city views; in the pond paintings, reflections and floating leaves spread across the surface.
From Honfleur to London and Venice
The museum dates The Lighthouse at Honfleur to 1864. Boats fill the foreground beneath a pale sky, with the lighthouse standing beyond them. In Houses of Parliament, Sunset, the building is a dark blue silhouette against orange and violet clouds. Short, broken marks carry those colours into the Thames.
The Kunsthaus record for the Parliament painting gives 1904 and credits Walter Haefner’s gift in 1995. He also donated The Doge’s Palace Seen from San Giorgio Maggiore in 1995. That 1908 view uses pale pink, green and blue across the palace and water. The low blue form in the foreground runs diagonally across the composition.
The Water-Lily Canvases
The Water Lily Pond in the Evening is six metres wide and two metres high. The museum’s object record dates it to 1914–1922 and credits Emil G. Bührle’s gift in 1952. Red and violet passages sit beside yellow reflections and blue water. Compare its broad bands of colour with the pale greens and upright leaves in Water-Lily Pond with Irises.
These subjects are available here as hand-painted oil reproductions on canvas. Canvas prints are also available. Each product page lists the sizes and presentation choices for that composition. The Kunsthaus website provides information about the originals and current displays.
10 Monet works from Kunsthaus Zürich
Compare the compositions before choosing a size. The Parliament towers extend above the river, while the Venetian palace forms a lower band across the view. The water-lily paintings are much wider than they are high. Their proportions determine how much wall space a reproduction needs.
Choose the oil-painting option for a new reproduction painted by hand. Canvas prints are a separate alternative. The product pages distinguish rolled canvas, stretched canvas and framed presentations; changing the presentation keeps the composition's proportions.
Official collection: Kunsthaus Zürich