Federico Luger, Chimney, 2013. Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 40 cm
Federico Luger's CHIMNEY 2013-2016 Chimney Series (CHIMNEY 2013-2016) painted by the Impressionist painter Claude Monet from 1900 to 1904 was inspired by the famous "Waterloo Bridge Series" (this series is a sub-series of Monet's "London Series"). Scenes such as chimneys, passing ships, busy bridges, etc. in Monet's paintings make the series of paintings "London" particularly urban and modern.
Federico Luger, Chimney, 2013. Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 cm
Monet, Cloudy Sky, 1901.Oil on canvas. Private collections
Federico Luger, Chimney, 2013. Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 25 cm
Monet, Waterloo Bridge in the Sun, 1903. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Milwaukee Museum of Fine Arts
Monet explored the transient effects of changing atmospheric conditions on light and clear colors, studying how light, air, and weather altered visual appearance. So, even in London, shrouded in fog and coal dust, Monet could still feel a variety of colors. The fluttering mist is painted with delicate shades of lilac and pink, and the sky is filled with pale olives. Monet painted forty-one versions of the Waterloo Bridge, containing waterloo bridges in different seasons, in different weathers, and even at different times of the day. The influence of atmosphere and light on the scene in the field of vision cannot be underestimated, and the scenery in front of you is constantly changing. Monet's intention should be to capture the essence of the industrial city of London at that time through the extraordinary effects of light, smoke and fog combined to create an atmosphere. Shortly after the end of the Industrial Revolution, the bridge in Monet's painting ceased to exist, it was demolished in 1920 due to the aggravation of its own problems, and was rebuilt during World War II, that is, from 1942 to 1945, because it was built mainly by female labor, so it was later known as the "Lady's Bridge".
Federico Luger, Chimney, 2013. Acrylic on canvas, 45 x 35 cm
Monet, 1901.Oil on canvas, private collection
Federico Luger's "Chimney Series" is based on the artist's keen and delicate perception in a contemporary art environment, deeply interpreting Monet's "Waterloo Bridge" 110 years ago. The "Chimneys" series evokes the afterglow of the setting sun with waving free-form lines, multi-layered spaces, soft tones, and changing aesthetics that span the surface of painting, and is also a metaphor for the shift of industry and capitalism from the West to the East.
Artist Federico Luger, born in Milan in 1979, grew up in Venezuela and returned to Milan as an adult to graduate from the Milan Academy of Fine Arts. His talent for painting from his youth, his perception of color, his imagination, his curiosity about all things, and his mature thinking about different things and the environment in which he lived. In Luger's creation, he easily integrates his personal experience and experience into the painting, so that we can feel the relaxed romantic atmosphere of Europe and the enthusiasm of South America in the work. It is the fusion of two different cultural backgrounds that deeply influences the artist's creation, making the works unique to their own ideas and characteristics.
Federico Luger, Chimney, 2013.Acrylic on canvas, 30x30cm
Monet, Waterloo Bridge in the Sun, 1902.Collection of the Burler Foundation zurich, Switzerland
The basic colors that form the tone of Luger's "chimney" are gold and lilac, which come from the artist's own keen and precise capture of color, just as under Monet's brush: the sun sprinkles the Waterloo Bridge and the river surface of the River Thames, as if a thin layer of gold leaf is plated for what you see, and the light passes through the fog of London, reflecting between different media, showing a faint purple.
Monet's "Waterloo Bridge Series" in London was completed between 1900 and 1904, when he settled in the small town of Giverny, near Paris, France, and traveled to London several times over several years to complete this series of works. In fact, monet had visited London as early as 1870 during the War between France and Prussia, and his encounter with the work of the English painter William Turner was of decisive significance, because before Turner, no painter had ever noticed that atmospheric fluctuations could have such a huge impact on the landscape.
Federico Luger, Chimney, 2013.Acrylic on canvas 30x30cm
Monet, Waterloo Bridge under the Fog, 1903.Oil on canvas, Collection of the Hermitage of St. Petersburg, Russia
Whether it is Luger's creative inspiration from Monet's paintings, or Monet's revelation and influence from Turner, it is actually an artist's tribute to his predecessors and a dialogue across time and space. Just like good scholars and good artists, they can always bring some inspiration or thinking to those who come after them. The artist's creative process carries their own life imprints and their own interpretations of the world.
Computer-composited renderings (not the true size scale of the painting)
When Monet's "Waterloo Bridge" created in the early 20th century is used as a background, and Luger's "Chimney Series" created in the 21st century is laid on the painting, the effect is surprising, and real art can transcend time and space and resonate.
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