Talk:Houses of Parliament (Monet series)

hotel, hospital, neither?

This article cites an article to credit the notion that these painting were painted from a hotel room. That website/article does not seem to provide any indication that these were painted from that hotel or any. Additionally, the main article describes the paintings as being from a hospital room perspective and alludes to evidence being published in support however does not provide a direct citation. If nothing else there is a descrepancy between the two articles and both need better citations - it seems likely that the hotel was mentioned to obtain publicity. I am attaching a clarify supperscript to flag editors to this problem. PhilipDSullivan 05:00, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

There are numerous references, published and online, which mention both the Savoy and St. Thomas' Hospital as vantage points from which Monet painted Parliament. This is not impossible, considering his peripatetic nature; he may have found views he liked from several different spots, and done a number of paintings from each. JNW 05:38, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Then the article still needs some clarification; if it states that they all had the same viewpoint -which this article does - and there are legitimate reasons to believe there were multiple view points then one or the other is wrong, and thus the statement needs clarification. If there are numerous references online pick on and cite it. By the way, the current reference for this "fact" states that there was in fact one viewpoint and it does not describe or note where that viewpoint was. That this series of painting was painted from the hotel in question, then, still needs a reference. PhilipDSullivan 06:43, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

This article is used as a reference in the main article on Monet for the statement that Parliament was painted from the hospital: http://www.guardian.co.uk/monet/Tour_Thumbnails1/0,3992,209038,00.html If you read this article it suggests that the hotel was used by Monet to paint other paintings, however, not of parliament which were painted from the same vantage point in the hospital. This is in line with the current reference in the article which suggests all the painting were painted from the same place. As this article is simply about the Parliament paintings Monet produced there is no need to mention the Hotel here. I am sorry if this does not promote the Savoy but there was an apparent descrepancy and the facts seem to lie with the Hospital. I am going to add the reference from the main monet article and change the article to note that they were painted from the hospital and not the hotel. PhilipDSullivan 06:57, 16 November 2007 (UTC)