How Monet’s Paintings Reveal Rising Pollution During the Industrial Revolution 🎨

Study Suggests Monet's Work, Illustrates Rising Pollution , Amid the Industrial Revolution.
A letter from French painter Claude Monet
to his wife in 1901 may reveal the inspiration
behind some of his most influential work.
Everything is as good as dead,
no train, no smoke, no boat, nothing
to excite the inspiration a little, Claude Monet, Letter to his wife, via CNN.
Written during one of Monet's multiple trips to London between
1899 and 1901, the letter references smoke, which art historians
believe to be one of the artist's potential creative sparks. .
Written during one of Monet's multiple trips to London between
1899 and 1901, the letter references smoke, which art historians
believe to be one of the artist's potential creative sparks. .
CNN reports that a team of climate scientists recently
published a study which could provide new evidence
to confirm the theory long held by art historians. .
CNN reports that a team of climate scientists recently
published a study which could provide new evidence
to confirm the theory long held by art historians. .
I work on air pollution and while seeing
Turner, Whistler and Monet paintings
at Tate in London and Musée d'Orsay
in Paris, I noticed stylistic
transformations in their works, Anna Lea Albright, Postdoctoral researcher for
Le Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique
at Sorbonne University in Paris, via CNN.
The contours of their paintings
became hazier, the palette appeared
whiter and the style changed from
more figurative to more impressionistic:
Those changes accord with
physical expectations of how
air pollution influences light, Anna Lea Albright, Postdoctoral researcher for
Le Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique
at Sorbonne University in Paris, via CNN.
The team believe that over 100 paintings by Monet and British painter Joseph Mallord William Turner capture increasing pollution during the Industrial Revolution.
CNN reports that Britain produced just
2.9 million tons of coal in 1700, to producing
275 million tons per year by 1900. .
According to the researchers, the paintings illustrate the
historical changes to London's atmospheric environment,
specifically an increase in sulfur dioxide emissions. .
According to the researchers, the paintings illustrate the
historical changes to London's atmospheric environment,
specifically an increase in sulfur dioxide emissions. .
CNN reports that in one of Monet's letters to his wife, the painter wrote that he was comforted when, "the fires were lit and the smoke and haze came back.".
CNN reports that in one of Monet's letters to his wife, the painter wrote that he was comforted when, "the fires were lit and the smoke and haze came back."