Why it matters
Derain painted the Pool of London, a stretch of the Thames seen from London Bridge,. The dealer Ambroise Vollard sent him to London to follow up Monet's popular London series.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1906.
- It is in Tate Modern.
- It featured in the Courtauld's 2006 exhibition of Derain's London paintings.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Pool of London (painting) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
