Towering in scale and tumultuous in texture, the painting marks a striking contrast to the more familiar and serene “Water Lilies” (1907) that has long anchored the room. With its jewel-toned ...

Claude Monet started working on a project that would later become known as his Water Lilies series in 1899. He was already renowned for painting series of artworks like Haystacks and Rouen Cathedral.

Now, in his garden at Giverny in 1905, the artist was 64, and his Water Lilies were like nothing that had existed in painting ...

But for decades before then, the oil painting — one of nearly 250 painted ... “When you go to the (Musée de) l’Orangerie today to see the (Water Lilies) cycle, you can see that wonderful ...

"Since Water Lilies, I've often said how much paintings evolve and change for me. If you go to the museum regularly to see a painting you love, you rediscover it every time. For me, who dreams of ...