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Q: How many Water Lilies paintings did Monet make?

Monet created approximately 250 Water Lilies paintings between 1895 and his death in 1926. The series occupied his final three decades. Museums worldwide hold various panels.

Q: Why are the Water Lilies so large?

Monet wanted viewers to feel immersed in the pond. Large scale eliminates distance between viewer and subject. The paintings at MoMA and the Orangerie in Paris create this enveloping effect.

Q: Was Monet going blind?

Monet had cataracts that progressively affected his vision. He resisted surgery for years. The condition may explain the increasingly abstract quality of his late Water Lilies.

Working in oil on canvas, Claude Monet painted this approximately 250 oil paintings of his water lily pond at Giverny. The MoMA triptych, completed around 1914-1926, immerses viewers in a panoramic vision of water, reflections, and floating blossoms.

No horizon line anchors the composition. Viewers float on the surface of the pond, surrounded by blues, greens, and purples. Monet's failing eyesight in his final years gave these late works an almost abstract quality. The paintings bridge Impressionism and Abstract Expressionism. Their influence on later artists like Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko cannot be overstated.

Monet created approximately 250 Water Lilies paintings between 1895 and his death in 1926. The series occupied his final three decades. Museums worldwide hold various panels.

Monet wanted viewers to feel immersed in the pond. Large scale eliminates distance between viewer and subject. The paintings at MoMA and the Orangerie in Paris create this enveloping effect.

Monet had cataracts that progressively affected his vision. He resisted surgery for years. The condition may explain the increasingly abstract quality of his late Water Lilies.

Water Lilies (MoMA triptych)

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