Claude Monet died 90 years ago, but his famous water lilies still have power over viewers. What's the secret to their staying power? It might have to do with their creator's particular attachment ...

Sotheby’s sold a Claude Monet “Water Lilies” scene for $65.5 million on Monday, a solid start to a weeklong series of New York auctions being closely followed for fresh clues into the art ...

Bridge Over the Water Lily Pond, 1905.In earlier works, Monet painted the footbridge in a crisp, distinct arc. Here, its faint, shadowy curves blend into greenery of the natural surroundings.

Claude Monet, Water Lilies (ca. 1914-17). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Courtesy of Kimbell Art Museum. From 1890 to 1926, Monet would create more than 250 paintings of the water lilies.

This undated photo provided by Christie's, in New York, shows a work from Claude Monet's "Water Lilies," series, from the estate of Ethel Strong Allen, widow of Wall Street executive Herbert Allen ...

Sotheby’s will offer a monumental water lilies painting by Claude Monet at its May evening auction of impressionist and modern art in New York for an estimate in the region of US$40 million. Le ...

Monet at work in his large studio, 1910. From "Mad Enchantment," by Ross King.(Getty) Mad Enchantment sounds like an oxymoron, but it fairly summarizes historian Ross King's depiction of the pain ...

THE HAGUE — The pioneering French Impressionist Claude Monet spent the final decades of his life obsessed with his gardens in Giverny, France, painting hundreds of images of water lilies and ...