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The sky, with its white clouds, is reflected in the water, so the blue of the sky and the blue of the water are one. Only the presence of the water lilies helps the observer to understand that this is a reflection. 4) Monet planted the water lilies before he painted them.
Blue Water Lilies. Claude Monet 1916 - 1919. Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Paris, France. "Nymphaea" is the botanical name for a water lily. Monet grew white water lilies in the water garden he...
13 sty 2017 · Claude Monet's Water Lilies is beloved around the world, a radiant example of French Impressionism and the glory found in nature. But their path from the artist’s yard to museum walls was...
13 lip 2024 · Water Lilies by Claude Monet, 1906. Source: Wikimedia Commons Other pigments Monet used in his Water Lilies series include French ultramarine blue, a synthetic blue pigment extracted from a mineral called lapis lazuli. Although it had previously been highly expensive, by the time Monet started painting, the price of French ultramarine dropped ...
Claude Monet. Irises were among Monet’s favourite flowers, and he cultivated many different species, planting them in both his flower garden and his water garden. This is one of approximately 20 views or irises surrounding the banks of the lily pond that Monet painted around 1914–17.
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.
Water Lilies (French: Nymphéas) 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.
