Water Lilies (Monet series) - Wikipedia
Water Lilies (French: Nymphéas [nɛ̃.fe.a]) is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet (1840–1926). The paintings depict his flower garden at his home in Giverny, and were the main focus of his artistic production during the last thirty years of his life.
Water Lilies - The Art Institute of Chicago
These works replaced the varied contemporary subjects he had painted from the 1870s through the 1890s with a single, timeless motif—water lilies. The focal point of these paintings was the artist’s beloved flower garden, which featured a water garden and a smaller pond spanned by a Japanese footbridge.
Claude Monet | Water Lilies | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Water Lilies. Claude Monet French. 1919. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 822. One of Monet’s critics described this canvas of 1919 as waterlilies "in full flower assert [ing] themselves … their golden discs encased in purple, against the cloudy waters."
Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies. In 1893, Monet, a passionate horticulturist, purchased land with a pond near his property in Giverny, intending to build something "for the pleasure of the eye and also for motifs to paint." The result was his water-lily garden.
Water Lilies | painting series by Claude Monet | Britannica
Sep 19, 2024 · Water Lilies, series of some 250 oil paintings that were created by French Impressionist artist Claude Monet from the late 1890s to his death in 1926 and were focused on the water lily pond in his garden.
Close Look: Claude Monet’s Water Lilies - Saint Louis Art Museum
This self-guided digital experience gives a glimpse into the details of Monet’s Water Lilies. Scroll through the page to learn about his Giverny garden, the history of the painting, technical analysis, the horticultural choices, and the revisions to create the work.
Later in Life, Claude Monet Obsessed Over Water Lilies. His Paintings …
The precious flowers, drifting, their movement almost imperceptible, over the liquid blue-green surfaces of the artist’s Water Lilies paintings, evoke a dreamy contentment, as if the world is in...
Claude Monet. Water Lilies. 1914-26 - MoMA
Claude Monet Water Lilies 1914-26. In the final decades of his life, Monet embarked on a series of monumental compositions depicting the lush lily ponds in his gardens in Giverny, in northwestern France.
Claude Monet | Water Lilies | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In 1893, Monet had a lily pond dug and planted at his house in Giverny. Beginning in 1899, and continuing for the rest of his life, paintings of this pond were the dominant theme of Monet's art. This painting illustrates the fluid, nearly abstract style the artist developed through these water lily …
Mysteries of Water Lilies by Claude Monet | DailyArt Magazine
Aug 4, 2024 · Claude Monet painted Water Lilies in 1906 when he was 66 years old. He was a mature artist by this time with over 40 years of experience. Water Lilies is an oil on canvas painting measuring an almost-square 89.9 cm high by …