Water Lilies (Nymphéas), painted by Claude Monet around 1897, captures two luminous pale blossoms drifting across a pool of deep blue water strewn with floating green pads. Monet framed the scene without sky or horizon, letting the surface of his Giverny pond fill the entire canvas in shifting reflections of evening light. The intimate close-up belongs to the celebrated series that would occupy the artist for the rest of his life and reshape the course of modern painting.
Artist: Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Date: 1897.
Water Lilies (Nymphéas), 1897 by Claude Monet. Impressionist Water Garden Wall Art Canvas Print.