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.

Offered to the French State by the painter Claude Monet on the day that followed the Armistice of November 11, 1918 as a symbol for peace, the Water Lilies are installed according to plan at the Orangerie Museum in 1927, a few months after his death.

In his first water-lily series (1897–99), Monet painted the pond environment, with its plants, bridge, and trees neatly divided by a fixed horizon. Over time, the artist became less and less concerned with conventional pictorial space.

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.

At this triptych’s center, lilies bloom in a luminous pool of green and blue that is frothed with lavender-tinged reflections of clouds. Thick strokes in darker shades seep into the left panel, while on the right, sky and water are gently swallowed by an expanse of reddish-green vegetation.

Jul 13, 2024 · The Water Lilies, which consists of almost 300 paintings, is Claude Monet’s most famous series of works depicting his garden at Giverny. Claude Monet’s paintings have been the subject of fascination for millions.

Title: Water Lilies. Artist: Claude Monet (French, Paris 1840–1926 Giverny) Date: 1919. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 39 3/4 x 78 3/4 in. (101 x 200 cm) Classification: Paintings. Credit Line: The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1998, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002. Object Number ...

Dec 17, 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 …

These monumental paintings, which show close-up views of the water, have long sweeps of canvas dominated by a single colour. Monet worked concurrently on many of them for several years.

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 …