Houses of Paliament

Throughout my career, I created thousands of paintings. Several of them were in series. I would paint the same thing at different times of day and during different weather to give new effects to each painting. Here is my ten-painting Houses of Parliament series, that I created during my stay in London between 1900-1904. Depicted is the Palace of Westminster, home of the British Parliament. however, the light, weather and atmosphere of each painting is more the subject, than the actual building. Even though it is the same building, from the same view, each painting is very unique.


This is the first painting of the series, created 1901-1902. It is gray and hazy, and the sky and water are barely distinguishable, but you can clearly see the building.


This one is the building on a cloudy night during sunset, in 1902. The sun is barely visible behind the clouds, but the colors in the sky are fairly bright, which are then reflected onto the water.


This painting was done in the fog in 1903. It really shows off the effect of fog, with the boats and building very visible. The sky and water are indistinguishable from each other (except for the boaters in the water, of course).


This painting is also during sunset(1903), but it is very different from the early sunset one. It is not cloudy, and has very orange and blue tones. A small boat is also visible.


This depicts the sun breaking through the fog, painted in 1904. This painting is very different from both the fog paintings and the sunset ones. It is very dark, except for the brightly colored sun, which gives off a very warming essence.


This painting was done during a storm in 1904.It has hazy, washed-away look, and the sun is behind clouds. The water is a lot wavier than in the other paintings, and the building is painted with diagonal strokes rather than vertical ones. This all give the impression of a rain.



This is the darkest painting of the series. It was done on a night in 1904. Everything is given a very dark, but not gloomy appearance using black, dark blue and green.The moonlight is reflected on the water.


This painting has a very warm and golden appearance. I am not sure, what time of day this was painted in 1904, so I'll leave that up to the viewer to interpret.



The sun is peeking through the clouds, in this painting of 1904. Because of the clouds, it is very hazy and the water and sky are once again, indistinguishable. Even with the characteristics being similar to other paintings of this series, it is still very unique.



This painting, the last of the series, is at relatively the same time of day as the previous painting, but because there are no clouds, it gives off a very different appearance, and is a lot clearer.

Each of these is completely unique, despite the fact that they are of exactly the same building. This truly shows how light and weather can effect a picture. Now that you have seen all ten paintings, what's your impression?