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CLAUDE MONET - BRIDGE OVER A POOL OF WATER
LILIES
Monet,
Public Domain, via
Wikimedia Commons
Bridge
Over a Pool of Water Lilies
1899 |
- Water lilies are, without a doubt, Monet’s ultimate symbol.
- He painted them obsessively: 300 paintings, 40 of them large-scale.
- He created the pond by diverting a small stream, the Ru, covered it with water lilies, and had the famous Japanese bridge built over it.
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In 1920, Monet offered the French state twelve large Water Lilies panels, each about four meters long, installed in 1927 in two oval rooms of the Orangerie des Tuileries. An extraordinary gift, almost a painted testament.
(Wikipedia)
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