Water Lily Pond Painting

Green harmony claude monet was the driving force behind the radical group of modern artists who became known as the impressionists.

Water lily pond painting.

The series paintings february 7 april 29 1990 no. He enlarged the existing pond filling it with exotic new hybrid water lilies and built a humpback bridge at one end inspired by examples seen in japanese prints. Is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings by french impressionist claude monet 1840 1926. 9 water lilies opened the path to abstract painting.

Water lily pond was among the 18 similar versions of the motif that he made in 1899 1900. 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 many of the works were painted while monet suffered from cataracts. Monet in the 90s. The series paintings may 19 august 24 1990 no.

The water garden became the main obsession of monet s later career and the subject of some 250 paintings. 90 as the water lily pond japanese bridge. Art institute of chicago. Gloria groom and jill shaw art.

In today s art journal thursday episode i m going to show you how to paint an acrylic painting inspired by the impressionist claude monet. Water lily pond 1900 in monet paintings and drawings at the art institute of chicago ed. Monet in the 90s. Influenced by eugene boudin 1824 98 and johan barthold jongkind 1819 1891 monet himself came to specialize in plein air painting in order to capture the momentary effects.

Their common theme was the mingling of the lilies with reflections of other vegetation on the pool s surface. By the time of monet s death in 1926 the art world both in paris and in america was a very different place from the one he had largely struggled against during much of his life monet and his circle were the first to truly challenge the conventions of parisian art in the modern age and by doing so and progressing their works towards. Museum of fine arts boston. The series paintings september 7.

The water lily pond is work by artist claude monet from france is antique oil painting for sale. Monet in the 90s.