Water Lilies
Artist: Claude Monet
Year Composed: 1922
Artistic Movement: Impressionism
Nationality: France
Floor Found in Château: Third Floor
Year Composed: 1922
Artistic Movement: Impressionism
Nationality: France
Floor Found in Château: Third Floor
About the Artwork
Claude Monet's Water Lilies is a series of over 250 paintings of various representations and styles of the garden of lilies that were growing at his home in Germany. Beginning in 1889, Monet's series of water lilies spanned the remainder of his life, painting the iconic flower up until his death in 1926. Various paintings are housed around the world, including the Musée de l'Orangerie (Paris, France), the Museum of Modern Art (New York City, New York, United States of America), and this particular version, housed in the Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, Ohio, United States of America). Monet's ability to capture the peacefulness, calmness, and idyllic nature of the water lilies are seen in each of his 250 versions.
About the Artist
As a founder of French Impressionist painting, Claude Monet used the emotional, painterly brushstrokes to depict the beauty and serenity of the French landscape during the 19th and 20th Centuries (or during the 1800s and 1900s). Monet's landscapes, including his Impression, Sunrise (1872), Mouth of the Seine at Honfleur (1865), and Flowers on the Riverbank at Argenteuil (1877), highlight the movement of light and the passage of time over the landscapes - the passing of both days as well as seasons.
About the Movement
Water Lilies was composed in the Impressionist Age of art. Impressionism was characterized by extremely loose brushstrokes that were visible throughout the entire painting. This 19th-Century (or 1800s) art movement took landscapes, figures, and objects and incorporated both movement and emotion. Impressionism, in a matter of style, was almost the blending between Cubism and Baroque art; that dramatic and emotional appeal of the Baroque mixed with the inclusion of motion and the passing of time of Cubism. Some of the most famous Impressionist artists included Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas.
Location of Original Work of Art: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America
Claude Monet's Water Lilies is a series of over 250 paintings of various representations and styles of the garden of lilies that were growing at his home in Germany. Beginning in 1889, Monet's series of water lilies spanned the remainder of his life, painting the iconic flower up until his death in 1926. Various paintings are housed around the world, including the Musée de l'Orangerie (Paris, France), the Museum of Modern Art (New York City, New York, United States of America), and this particular version, housed in the Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, Ohio, United States of America). Monet's ability to capture the peacefulness, calmness, and idyllic nature of the water lilies are seen in each of his 250 versions.
About the Artist
As a founder of French Impressionist painting, Claude Monet used the emotional, painterly brushstrokes to depict the beauty and serenity of the French landscape during the 19th and 20th Centuries (or during the 1800s and 1900s). Monet's landscapes, including his Impression, Sunrise (1872), Mouth of the Seine at Honfleur (1865), and Flowers on the Riverbank at Argenteuil (1877), highlight the movement of light and the passage of time over the landscapes - the passing of both days as well as seasons.
About the Movement
Water Lilies was composed in the Impressionist Age of art. Impressionism was characterized by extremely loose brushstrokes that were visible throughout the entire painting. This 19th-Century (or 1800s) art movement took landscapes, figures, and objects and incorporated both movement and emotion. Impressionism, in a matter of style, was almost the blending between Cubism and Baroque art; that dramatic and emotional appeal of the Baroque mixed with the inclusion of motion and the passing of time of Cubism. Some of the most famous Impressionist artists included Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas.
Location of Original Work of Art: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America