In the 1910s and '20s, Monet focused almost exclusively on the picturesque water-lily pond that he created on his property at Giverny. His final series depicts the pond in a set of mural-sized canvases where abstract renderings of plant and water emerge from broad strokes of color and intricately built-up textures. Shortly after Monet died (a wealthy and well-respected man at the age of eighty-six), the French government installed his last water-lily series in specially constructed galleries at the Orangerie in Paris, where they remain today.
Claude Monet 1858 |
Claude Monet 1879 |
Monet in Giverny 1880s |
Monet, Roussel and Vuillard at Ginevry 1920 |
Claude Monet in his studio |
Monet in his studio in Giverny |
Monet in his studio |
Monet in auto 1906 |