C laude Monet is often called the Master of Light—but maybe his boldest move wasn’t how he painted, but how often he painted the same thing.
Église de Vernon, Soleil captures the exact moment sunlight hits a riverside church, just as the mist begins to lift. What could have been a straightforward view of stone and shadow becomes something softer, stranger, and more alive. This wasn’t about architecture—it was about how light feels when it touches something. It’s a painting about looking.
And then looking again.
Claude Monet’s Église de Vernon, Soleil is among the standout works featured in Sotheby’s Modern Evening Sale in New York, presented in partnership with CELINE, taking place live on 13 May at 7:00 PM EST.
