Wednesday, April 29, 2009

"Water Lily"


"Water Lily"
Blue Butterfly Series #3
8 x 10 Original Oil Painting on Canvas
$100.00 

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Visit the Blue Butterfly Paintings Blog to see all of the paintings in the series, and to read the stories behind the art work.

Claude Monet - Diversity in Water Lilies

French impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840-1926)



French impressionist Claude Oscar Monet (1840-1926) was another artist who painted water lilies, in a variety of sizes and colors. He was an artist who dared to be different, dared to introduce new elements into his work, and was one of the founding artists of the impressionist movement. His Water Lilies series, a collection of approx. 250 paintings, was created en plein-aire, from the gardens on his property in Giverny, upper Normandy, France. Many of these large, colorful paintings are now displayed at various museums and art institutes around the world.

Claude Monet, Photo by Nadar, 1899.




"Water Lilies", Claude Monet, 1906,
Exhibited at The Art Institute of Chicago
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection


Additional information about impressionist painter Claude Monet, can be found online at wikipedia , or several paintings from his water lilies series can be seen by searching google, Claude Monet water lilies.