Hundreds of the most famous paintings ever committed to canvas almost never came into being — all because of a group of paranoid French farmers, an exhibition curator has revealed. Claude Monet ...

Anatoly Grablevsky on “Monet and Venice,” at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

Claude Monet died 90 years ago, but his famous water lilies still have power over viewers. What's the secret to their staying power? It might have to do with their creator's particular attachment to ...

An art gallery’s claim that they sold an original Monet work on a social media platform has sparked disbelief on Chinese internet. Gallery Boss’s Backyard Garden posted a Monet listing on Xiaohongshu, ...

The mirror-like surface of the pond reflected the shimmering tropical sunlight, and colorful water lilies floated upon it. The exact scene that master impressionist Claude Monet had dreamed of was ...

Famous French impressionist, Oscar Claude Monet created 250 beautiful paintings of water lilies. Monet imported water lilies from South America and Egypt to adorn his large water garden in Giverny, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- One of impressionist master Claude Monet's "Water Lilies" triptychs, separated 50 years ago and sold to three museums, has been reunited in a multifaceted exhibit that ...

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 ...

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 ...

"It took me some time to understand my water lilies…," wrote Claude Monet. "I cultivated them with no thought of painting them… One does not fully appreciate a landscape in one day… And then, suddenly ...

Monet at work in his large studio, 1910. From "Mad Enchantment," by Ross King.(Getty) Mad Enchantment sounds like an oxymoron, but it fairly summarizes historian Ross King's depiction of the pain, ...

Two years ago, a San Francisco museum exhibit revealed the stunning early career of French artist Claude Monet. The storyline ended about the time his painting “Impression—Summer” went on display in ...