Water Lily Pond

Museum record 97933: Water Lily Pond by Claude Monet. A verified entry point for discovery.

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For Water Lily Pond (record 97933), start with modern, expressive, atmospheric. Compare the focal subject, edge treatment, and atmosphere before moving on.

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During World War I, after several years of inactivity because of bad health and grief over the death of his second wife, Claude Monet embarked on a period of intense work. Building a large studio and improving his garden, he began a group of monumental paintings of water lilies that he would later offer to the French state. Alongside this project, he painted a suite of 19 smaller canvases, including the present one. There is evidence—including a few photographs of the artist working in his garden—that Mo…