In 1914, Claude Monet was having a bad year. His beloved wife had died, cataracts clouded his vision, toothache dogged him, and Europe had plunged headlong into war. Soon, his son would be stationed ...
Completed more than a century ago, these artworks reveal the Impressionist’s triumphs—and struggles Bridge Over the Water Lily Pond, 1905. In earlier works, Monet painted the footbridge in a crisp, ...
Ai Weiwei Has Recreated Claude Monet’s Iconic ‘Water Lilies’ Using 650,000 Multi-Colored Lego Bricks
You can construct whole worlds using the building blocks of Lego, but Ai Weiwei has taken things to another level by recreating Monet’s monumental triptych Water Lilies (1914–26). The mammoth ...
Legos may not be the most conventional artistic medium, but Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has frequently returned to the plastic bricks for some of his greatest works. In 2014, for example, he made waves ...
When the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei opens his new show in April, visitors will encounter a familiar scene at London’s Design Museum: Claude Monet’s famed water lilies. But rather than being composed of ...
Sotheby’s sold a Claude Monet “Water Lilies” scene for $65.5 million on Monday, a solid start to a weeklong series of New ...
The MFA’s newly reimagined Gallery 252, which is dedicated to Claude Monet’s work, has found its centerpiece in “Water Lilies, Reflections of Weeping Willows” (1916-1919), a powerful work now on loan ...
Claude Monet, Waterlilies, 1914-1915, oil on canvas, Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund (Portland Art Museum) Many visitors to the Portland Art Museum have oohed and aahed over Claude Monet’s ...
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What Made Monet's "Water Lilies" So Radical?
Claude Monet's iconic renderings of water lilies were born of a monumental project he steadfastly pursued during the last decades of his life. Comprising a string of paintings, numbering 250 in all ...
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