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.

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.

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.

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 ...

2024年7月13日 · Water Lilies, The Two Willows by Claude Monet, 1914-1926. Source: Wikimedia Commons The Water Lilies series is usually divided into two compositional groups: one that depicts the pond and vegetation, and the other one that …

2024年12月17日 · 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 …

Nympheas or Water Lilies is a series of paintings by Claude Monet that he painted from late 1800s to 1920s. Monet painted his Japanese flower garden from his home in Giverny, France where he lived for the last thirty years of his life, into 250 paintings of the series.

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.

2025年2月13日 · The expression of the flowers and the shadows on the water, boldly eschewing details, has the innovative Monet anticipating the Expressionists and abstract art of the future. Source: Gallery label, October 2016)