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Impression of Water Lilies
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WMET0086
Our Inspiration: Water Lilies
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
Oil on canvas, 51 1/4 x 79 in., 1916–19
Gift of Louise Reinhardt Smith, 1983 1983.532
As part of his extensive gardening plans at Giverny, Claude Monet had a pond dug and planted with lilies in 1893. From 1899 on, Monet repeatedly turned to the subject, attempting to capture every observation, impression, and reflection of the flowers and water. By the time he began this work in the late teens, Monet had achieved a completely new, fluid, and somewhat audacious style of painting, in which the water-lily pond became the point of departure for an almost abstract art.
Our Inspiration: Water Lilies
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)
Oil on canvas, 51 1/4 x 79 in., 1916–19
Gift of Louise Reinhardt Smith, 1983 1983.532
As part of his extensive gardening plans at Giverny, Claude Monet had a pond dug and planted with lilies in 1893. From 1899 on, Monet repeatedly turned to the subject, attempting to capture every observation, impression, and reflection of the flowers and water. By the time he began this work in the late teens, Monet had achieved a completely new, fluid, and somewhat audacious style of painting, in which the water-lily pond became the point of departure for an almost abstract art.
