Hello from Monet in The Netherlands

I received this postcard from L. in The Netherlands. It is a painting by Monet called Rouen Cathedral. It is part of a series of 30 paintings of the Cathedral that were painted from 1892 and 1893.

Monet rented rooms across the street from the Cathedral that became temporary studios for the simple purpose of painting it.

In 1895 Monet selected what he thought were the 20 best paintings to put them on display in a gallery in France. Pisarro and Cezanne even visited the collection! Monet sold eight of the paintings before the exhibition was over.

I love this painting! It looks like it was made with coloured sand instead of it being painted.

Thank you L. for introducing me to this painting!!

Happy Postcrossing!

Information received from Wikipedia