The picture of Claude Monet «Railway bridge in Arzhantee» put at Christie's
ARTinvestment.RU   18 марта 2008

Cloth Claude Monet «Railway bridge in Arzhantee» (Le Pont du chemin de fer a Argenteuil), which will be exhibited at Christie's auction in New York in May, could beat all records

Cloth Claude Monet «Railway bridge in Arzhantee» (Le Pont du chemin de fer a Argenteuil), which will be exhibited at Christie's auction in New York in May, could beat all the records set by the most famous canvases Impressionists, RIA «News». «According to experts, this is one of the most outstanding works of those artists that are still in private collections. According to preliminary estimates of specialists, the picture may break the record set by the most famous impressionistic canvases », - the representative of the auction house Christie's. According to him, even among the brightest of the upcoming spring auction (the total value of all lots is estimated at 350 million dollars) this canvas Monet, written in 1873, stands apart. «A true masterpiece and an impressive piece of impressionism, the canvas is a very important legacy of Monet's work», - added a representative of Christie's.

Cloth will be offered for sale on May 6 in the evening auction «The Art of Impressionism and Modernism». According to the head of department of impressionist and modern art Christie's Guy Bennett, the market has long waited for something like this. In addition to the picture presented in the bidding for the first time in many years, it has become one of the most memorable of lots in the upcoming May auction «The Art of Impressionism and Modernism». «Combining all the characteristics of impressionistic work, the canvas is sure to attract the attention of private collectors, and representatives of the museum and corporate collections», - he said.

Arzhantey - a picturesque suburb of Paris - has served as a central motif of Impressionist works. In the early 70-ies of the XIX century, Monet, Renoir and Sisley have worked here, making this a suburb of the status of a center of Impressionism. At that time Arzhantey was a favorite place for the Parisian middle class, where arranged boating. Monet rented a house near the place depicted in the painting.

full attention on the canvas attracts railway bridge crossing the picture from left to right and «tractile» already extended format canvases. Smoke clubs tried to escape from the tube trains passing under the bridge, cumulus clouds in the sky, ripples of water, reflecting its reliance bridge - all of this is the perfect texture for-impressionist painter, striving to capture the fleeting effects of light, which can give a charm, even monotonous industrial architecture railway bridge.

Source: NEWSru.com