Under the direction of Alfred J. Barr, MoMA bought a series of water lilies in 1955 — the first American institution to do so — and the triptych in 1958. After that the rest of Monet’s late ...

In this Jan. 19, 2011 photo, Dean Yoder, conservator of paintings for the Cleveland Museum of Art, dusts and inspects Claude Monet's vast water lilies painting at the museum in Cleveland.

Nicole Myers, Associate Curator of European Painting and Sculpture at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, talks about Claude Monet's "Water Lilies" triptych during a press preview of the exhibit ...

When Ai Weiwei opens his next show, visitors will encounter a familiar scene at London’s Design Museum: the famed water lilies of French painter Claude Monet. But there’s a twist.

Huguette M. Clark leaves a painting from Monet’s “Water Lilies” series to the museum. It is the only artwork to be separated from her collection.

Those water lilies will enchant many visitors to the de Young, where “Monet: The Late Years” runs through May 27. They are featured in at least 29 of the 52 paintings on display, along with ...

A peaceful boat ride in Maine leads to stunning photos and surprising insights into the beauty, biology and quiet magic of ...

At Seattle Asian Art Museum, Ai Weiwei shows his toy-brick homage to the painter. At Seattle Asian Art Museum, world-renowned artist and activist Ai Weiwei shows his massive toy-brick homage to ...

This variation of Monet’s “Water Lilies” is estimated at £15-20 million (US$20.3-27 million). This is a far cry from the $110.7 million for which a painting from his “Meules” series was ...

One of Claude Monet's famous water lily paintings has sold for $43.7m (£27m) at a New York auction. A painting by Wassily Kandinsky also sold for $23m at the Christie's auction of impressionist ...