Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Pont Charing Cross
Dechreuwyd cyfres Afon Tafwys yn ystod yr hydref 1899 a gaeaf 1900-01, o bumed llawr Gwesty'r Savoy, a chafodd ei chwblhau o'r cof yn Giverny ym 1902-04. Hon yw'r olygfa i fyny'r afon, o Bont Charing Cross a'r Senedd. Meddai Monet yn ddiweddarach: 'Dim ond yn y gaeaf... yr ydw i'n caru Llundain...heb ei niwl ni fyddai Llundain yn ddinas hardd.' Prynodd Margaret Davies y gwaith hwn ym 1913.
Monet's Thames series was begun in the autumn of 1899 and the winter of 1900-01, from a fifth floor balcony of the Savoy Hotel, and completed from memory at Giverny in 1902-04. This is the view upstream, of Charing Cross Bridge and the Houses of Parliament. Monet later recalled: 'I love London... only in winter... without its fogs London would not be a beautiful city.' This work was purchased by Margaret Davies in 1913.
Work was part of the AFA tour (2009-2010): From Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales
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