Look first
Water Lilies (Agapanthus)
Claude Monet · c. 1915–26
A garden dissolves into an immersive field of water, color, and reflection.
What to notice
Notice how the horizon disappears, leaving the lilies and reflections to float across a nearly abstract surface.
Discover
Monet spent decades returning to the water garden at Giverny. In this late, panoramic work, the familiar pond becomes less a landscape view than an enveloping experience of shifting light and color.
Source institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Rights status: CC0 / Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access
Rights status: CC0 / Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access
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