Water Lillies

Posted by Maverick ~ on February 24, 2018
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Water Lilies
(about 1915–1926)
Claude Monet
French, 1840–1926

'In 1893, Claude Monet bought land adjacent to his property in Giverny, dug a pond, and turned it into a Japanese-inspired water garden. This contemplative environment served as inspiration for a series of paintings that occupied Monet’s artistic production from 1901 until his death in 1926. Typical of his other paintings dedicated to the water lily pond, the subject here is not so much the flowers but the dream-like effects produced by light reflecting off this liquid world.

Water Lilies was originally created as the right-hand segment of a triptych composed of three identically sized panels. Monet conceived it as part of a larger decorative installation intended to produce a soothing, meditative experience for its viewers.’

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15 comments on “Water Lillies”

  1. What Monet created in this garden and the paintings he left for the world to see are heavenly.

    I have seen these three huge panels in Paris and remember just sitting there for as long as I could.
    Tears streaming down my face. They are a wonder to behold.

    You put it so beautifully when you say he produced ” a dreamlike effect by light reflecting off the liquid world.”
    miriam

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