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Special display

Recovering the light. Restoration of Waterloo Bridge, by André Derain

From 3 April to 23 June 2025

After the restoration work was completed, André Derain's Waterloo Bridge is once again on display to the visitors in a special installation in Room 33 of the permanent collection, which presents the results of that project. 

Over the past months, a technical research process has been developed, which has included the identification of the materials that make up the work and the realization of technical images, such as radiography and infrared reflectography, which have allowed them to study the work in depth. 

With these results, they have been able to discover André Derain's creative process and obtain the necessary information to approach the restoration with the most scientific rigor and respect for the work. 

Following the study of the artist’s technique, complex restoration work was performed. This involved tasks ranging from reinforcing the canvas to consolidating the paint layer. Dirt and grime were removed, as was yellowed varnish. 

As a result, the painting has gained depth and recovered the vibrant light and vivid colours that characterise this great painter’s works.

Time

Mondays: 12.00 - 16.00
From Tuesday to Sunday: 10.00 - 19.00

Place
ROOM 33
Level 1
Permanent Collection
30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 Postpop rooms Rodin room
30 18th and 19th Centuries. Transatlantic Relations 31 19th Century. American Landscape and Environmental Awareness 32 19th Century. American Landscape and Urban Life 33 Recovering the ligth. Restoration of Waterloo Bridge, by André Derain 34 20th Century. Expressionist Landscapes 35 20th Century. Expressionist Portraits 36 20th Century. The Language of the Body 37 20th Century. Urban unrest 38 20th Century. Flowers 39 20th Century. Pioneers of abstraction 40 20th Century. Popular flavor 41 20th Century. The Cubist Tradition I 42 20th Century. The Cubist Tradition II 43 20th Century. Abstract Utopias 44 20th Century. Dada and Surrealism 45 20th Century. Interwar Realisms 46 20th Century. American Abstraction I 48 20th Century. Post-ward American Art 49 20th Century. Post-ward European Figurative Art 50 20th Century. Informalisms 51 20th Century. Homo Ludens 52 20th Century. Pop Art 53 Postpop rooms 54 Postpop rooms 55 Postpop rooms 56 Postpop rooms Rodin Exhibition room
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Restauradora examinando la obra de "El puente de Waterloo" de André DerainDetalle comparativo de la obra "El puente de Waterloo" de André Derain, antes y después de la restauraciónDetalle del protocolo de control de la limpieza de la obra "El puente de Waterloo" de André DerainDetalle de la firma de la obra "El puente de Waterloo" de André Derain
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Procedimiento de estabilización y limpieza de la obra de André Derain "El puente de Waterloo"

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Detail of the brushstroke of André Derain's “The Bridge of Waterloo” in raking light
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Derain’s Waterloo Bridge is an ensemble of vivid colours applied in a sort of mosaic of loose brushstrokes that leave the canvas with its pale ground visible in places as an innovative pictorial device.

Image with transmitted light of André Derain's “Waterloo Bridge”
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In this transmitted light image the reverse of the work lit from the front can be made out. It shows how the light shines through the picture and reveals the structure of the brushstrokes Derain used to compose the work. 

 

Detail of the english Winsor & Newton stamp, printed on the back of André Derain's “Waterloo Bridge”
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Derain painted Waterloo Bridge on a linen canvas, the back of which displays the stamp of the prestigious London brand Winsor & Newton. Its discovery during the technical study raised a question: did the artist paint the work in London, or did he take the canvas back with him to Paris and paint it there? 

 

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