Water Lily Pond 1900

The first includes the edge of the pond and its dense vegetation.

Water lily pond 1900.

In 1890 monet bought some property in the village of giverny near paris and constructed a water garden a lily pond arched with a japanese bridge and overhung with willows and clumps of bamboo. The series of water lily pond paintings from the summers of 1899 and 1900 as a whole is strikingly divergent from those groups he had painted earlier in the 1890s and as has been discussed by the art historian paul tucker they seem to recall monet s impressionist roots 1090 certainly the incorporation of active brushwork in boldly. All amanti art wall art prints are giclee printed using fade resistant inks for. In 1899 he began a series of eighteen views of the wooden footbridge over the pond completing twelve paintings including the present one that summer.

That is seen in the bassins aux nymphéas of 1899 1900 water lily pond then in the pont japonais japanese bridge from the later years. From this point forward monet s paintings mostly consisted of this pond and water lilies. The waterlily pond 1900 oil on canvas 89 x 92 cm. The second in contrast plays on the emptiness and includes only the surface of the water with flowers and reflections interspersed.

The result was his water lily garden. The vertical format of the picture unusual in this series gives prominence to the water lilies and their reflections on the pond. A japanese bridge spanned the pond at its narrowest point. This is among the first of monet s paintings to emphasize the reflections of the bank and the sky on the flat surface of the water.

Water lily pond was among the 18 similar versions of the motif that he made in 1899 1900. Their common theme was the mingling of the lilies with reflections of other vegetation on the pool s surface. 100 real wood frame. Provenance december 1900 sold by the artist by léonce.