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.

During his lifetime, Claude Monet comes back to this subject matter several times, and painted more than 250 water lilies paintings. Along with Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh, Water Lilies are the most iconic images of Impressionism.

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 has 7 works online. There are 2,456 paintings online. We have identified these works in the following photos from our exhibition history. In 2018–19, MoMA collaborated with Google Arts & Culture Lab on a project using machine learning …

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 ...

Jun 29, 2022 · Few subjects enthralled the famous Impressionist, Claude Monet, quite like water lilies. Between the years 1896 and 1926, it is estimated that Monet created around 300 paintings with water lilies as their focal point. His most famous Water Lilies (1926) paintings can be found in Paris at the Musée de l’Orangerie.

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. Object Number: 1983.532