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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. 1906. Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926) “One instant, one aspect of nature contains it all,” said Claude Monet, referring to his late masterpieces, the water landscapes that he produced at his home in Giverny between 1897 and his death in 1926.
Aug 30, 2024 · Later in Life, Claude Monet Obsessed Over Water Lilies. His Paintings of Them Were Some of His Greatest Masterpieces. Completed more than a century ago, these artworks reveal the...
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."
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.
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.
Title: Water Lilies. Artist: Claude Monet (French, Paris 1840–1926 Giverny) Date: 1916–19. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 51 1/4 x 79 in. (130.2 x 200.7 cm) Classification: Paintings. Credit Line: Gift of Louise Reinhardt Smith, 1983. Accession Number: 1983.532. Learn more about this artwork.
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.
Plants, water, and sky seem to merge in Claude Monet’s evocative painting of his lily pond at Giverny. The disorienting reflections, bold brushstrokes, and lack of horizon line or spatial depth...
There he created painting after painting of the changing images of the pond, its water lilies and the reflecting light at all hours of morning, day and evening. In different works of the series...
