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Saint-Georges majeur au crépuscule (Eng: ''Dusk in Venice'', ''San Giorgio Maggiore by Twilight'' or ''Sunset in Venice'') is an Impressionist painting by Claude Monet completed between 1908 and 1912. It forms part of a series of views of the monastery-island of San Giorgio Maggiore begun in 1908 during his only visit to Venice. Monet felt Venice was a city "too beautiful to be painted", which may be why he returned with many paintings unfinished to Giverny, his home in France. However, he had already abandoned his earlier practice of painting from life, in front of the subject; instead he worked on the Venetian scenes at home. The death of his wife Alice in 1911 seems to have been a factor in their completion. In 1912 he held a successful exhibition at the gallery Bernheim-Jeune in Paris, where the painting was acquired by the Welsh art collector Gwendoline Davies. She bequeathed it to the Art Gallery (now National Museum Cardiff) in Cardiff, Wales.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=San Giorgio Maggiore by Twilight )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Duck Pond That Grew into a 'French' Lake; How Did Claude Monet's Famous Paintings of Water Lilies Inspire Wales' Greatest Art-Collecting Sisters? ) Retrieved 2014 via HighBeam Research (subscription required).〕 The piece is a life study view of San Giorgio Maggiore, focusing on the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, its bell tower, against the small island at sunset. To the right are the faintly visible domes of Santa Maria della Salute and the mouth of the Grand Canal. ==Monet in Venice== Monet and his wife arrived in Venice in October 1908. They stayed at the Palazzo Barbaro for a couple of weeks, and then moved to the Hotel Britannia, where they stayed until December.〔The hotel's name has since changed to the Hotel Europa and Regina.()〕 According to Mme. Monet the Britannia had a view," if such a thing were possible, even more beautiful than that of Palazzo Barbaro..." Monet painted looking out from the hotel. However, while Palladio's church of San Giorgio Maggiore was visible from there, ''San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk'' appears to have been viewed from the waterfront, the Riva degli Schiavoni, where the island forms a focal point of the view. Monet was unsure of joining his wife on the waterfront out of fear of conforming to other artists who were drawn to Venice, such as Renoir or Manet.〔(Manet. Ritorno a Venezia ). Musée d'Orsay〕 San Giorgio Maggiore was a favorite subject for painters, including the proto-Impressionist Turner.〔(Venice: San Giorgio Maggiore - Early Morning 1819 )〕〔(Venice: San Giorgio Maggiore at Sunset, from the Hotel Europa 1840 ). Tate〕 He was 68 when he first viewed “these splendid sunsets which are unique in the world.” He had previously been inspired by other sunsets, such as those of Normandy (in ''Rouen Cathedral'' and ''Haystacks'', his series of the 1890s) and London (''Houses of Parliament''). Monet painted ''San Giorgio Maggiore'' in six various lighting conditions. With this technique, the paintings focused on the ‘nature of experience.’ 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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