Which Claude Monet series depicts the Houses of Parliament in London?

Claude Monet’s Houses of Parliament series depicts the London landmark from across the River Thames.

Monet painted the series during repeated visits to London between 1899 and 1901. Rather than making one definitive architectural record, he returned to the same subject under different weather, atmospheric, and lighting conditions.

Fog was central to Monet’s experience of London. The Thames, smoke, mist, and changing daylight softened the building’s outline and allowed him to explore color and atmosphere more than precise architectural detail. The series therefore belongs to Monet’s broader practice of painting one motif repeatedly.

The series is sometimes confused with Monet’s Rouen Cathedral paintings because both focus on a major architectural subject. The London canvases depict the Palace of Westminster’s Houses of Parliament, while the Rouen series depicts a French cathedral façade. Monet’s London paintings also form part of his late fascination with urban light effects.