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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.
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.
This vision materialized in the form of some forty large-scale panels, Water Lilies among them, that Monet produced and continuously reworked from 1914 until his death in 1926. At this triptych’s center, lilies bloom in a luminous pool of green and blue that is frothed with lavender-tinged reflections of clouds.
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."
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.
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...
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 819. 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.
Claude Monet, Water-Lilies, after 1916. Read about this painting, learn the key facts and zoom in to discover more.
