Water Lilies(1919)
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| Artist | Claude Monet |
| Year | 1919 |
| Medium | Oil on Canvas |
| Dimensions | 101 cm × 200 cm (40 in × 79 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art,New York City |
TheWater Liliesis a 1919 painting byimpressionistClaude Monet,one of hisWater Liliesseries. The painting, the left hand panel of a large pair, depicts a scene in Monet's French pond showing light reflecting off the water with water lilies on the surface. It is on display inNew York'sMetropolitan Museum of Art.[1][2][3]
One of Monet's larger paintings, it shows the beauty of the sunset reflecting off the water. In 1919, Claude Monet was an elderly man who had already had been painting for almost 70 years, and hisWater Liliesseries came during a time when he was mainly painting water lilies inhis pond, the pond's bridge, and his garden.
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- ^"Water Lilies".metmuseum.org.Retrieved2 November2016.
- ^"The Water-Lily Pond Claude Oscar Monet - 1919".the-athenaeum.org.Retrieved2 November2016.
- ^Smart, Alastair (18 October 2014)."Why are Monet's water-lilies so popular?".The Telegraph.telegraph.co.uk.Retrieved2 November2016.