Later in Life, Claude Monet Obsessed Over Water Lilies. His Paintings of Them Were Some of His Greatest Masterpieces Story by Jackie Wullschläger • 11mo ...

But the central story is Monet’s best-known project, the series of paintings of the water lilies at his residence in Giverny. He started on the project about 1905.

Avoiding Whistler’s vagueness and pursuing Dickens’s reflections, Monet structured his paintings around three landmarks in daylight: Waterloo Bridge in the morning, and Charing Cross Bridge ...

The paintings were Monet’s soothing gift to a “traumatized France,” said Pierre Georgel, museum curator. Monet and Clemenceau chose the Orangerie as the site for the gallery.

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Helena Newman, Chairman of Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art, Europe. “It’s from the mid-1880s, when Monet was at Giverny,” said Newman of Sotheby’s.

Helena Newman, Chairman of Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art, Europe. “It’s from the mid-1880s, when Monet was at Giverny,” said Newman of Sotheby’s.