Monet believed his garden was his "most beautiful work of art", and he certainly put the effort in to create his world-famous ...

In 1914, Claude Monet was having a bad year. His beloved wife had died, cataracts clouded his vision, toothache dogged him, and Europe had plunged headlong into war. Soon, his son would be stationed ...

Completed more than a century ago, these artworks reveal the Impressionist’s triumphs—and struggles Bridge Over the Water Lily Pond, 1905. In earlier works, Monet painted the footbridge in a crisp, ...

FILE - This undated file photo provided by Christie's auction house shows French impressionist painter Claude Monet's "Water Lilies" from the Huguette Clark collection. Works from the estates of ...

The size of a typical billboard is 14 feet by 48 feet; the size of Claude Monet’s complete painting “Agapanthus” is 21 feet by 42 feet. The triptych — a painting that consists of three different ...

Anyone who has stood before Claude Monet's monumental Water Lily paintings may recall feeling dissolved into their world of ineffable light and seemingly perfect tranquility. A new book makes clear ...

Kelleher is the author of The Ugly History of Beautiful Things, an essay collection that illuminates the darkness hidden behind our prettiest purchases When I was a little girl, my mother had an ...

Claude Monet's iconic renderings of water lilies were born of a monumental project he steadfastly pursued during the last decades of his life. Comprising a string of paintings, numbering 250 in all ...