Water Lilies

About Water Lilies

Claude Monet's Water Lilies of 1906 belongs to the Art Institute of Chicago. It is one painting in a much larger series, so the date and collection identify this particular image. Lily pads float across blue, green and violet reflections without a conventional horizon. Monet builds the water's changing surface with layered paint rather than describing every leaf with a sharp outline.

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