To the right are the faintly visible domes of Santa Maria della Salute and the mouth of the Grand Canal. The painting focuses on the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore with its bell tower rising to the top of the painting. The forms are gently inserted, though not enough to disguise their identity. It depicts mysterious buildings that seem to magically appear from the surrounding landscape, they almost seem to float in the background. San Giorgio Maggiore al Crepuscolo is approximately two-by-three feet and painted in oil on canvas. There is a version in the Bridgestone Museum of Art. The painting is normally on display there. She bequeathed it to the Art Gallery (now National Museum Cardiff) in Cardiff, Wales. One version of San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk was acquired in Paris by the Welsh art collector Gwendoline Davies. These were begun in 1908 when the 68-year-old artist made his only visit to Venice.
#San giorgio maggiore at dusk 1908 series#
Monet painted this subject as part of a series of views of the monastery-island of San Giorgio Maggiore. Saint-Georges majeur au crépuscule (Eng: Dusk in Venice, San Giorgio Maggiore by Twilight or Sunset in Venice) refers to an Impressionist painting by Claude Monet, which exists in more than one version.
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