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‘Monet and Venice’ at de Young makes bold claim about artist’s fame

Lessons from Monet emerge: a change of perspective can help the creative process, moments of self-doubt can fuel one’s work.

New SF exhibition explores how Venice changed Claude Monet - and his famous water lilies

"Monet and Venice" at the de Young Museum is a worthy exhibition that offers a fresh look at the famed Impressionist artist.
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What Made Monet's "Water Lilies" So Radical?

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 ...
Connecticut Post

Monet's 'Water Lilies' brings together prized works from around U.S. to Hartford

Question: When, if ever, is a museum justified in describing a tiny exhibition of nine paintings as a "blockbuster" show? Answer: When those nine paintings are all by French Impressionist master ...
NPR

90 Years On, Claude Monet's Water Lilies Still Captivate

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 ...
The Register Citizen

Monet's 'Water Lilies' at Kansas City museum

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 ...
Artnet

See How Monet’s Late-Career Obsession With Water Lilies Led Him to Create Some of the Best Paintings of His Life

An exhibition at the Kimbell Art Museum offers American a rare chance to revel in the beauty of his late style. Claude Monet in front of his house in Giverny, 1921. Photo Courtesy of Musee d'Orsay, ...
Artnet

A Dutch Conservator Made the Discovery of a Lifetime When She Found That Monet Hid Water Lilies Beneath a Lesser-Known Painting

Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies” series is coveted by museums and private collectors worldwide. But one Dutch museum owned one without even knowing it. Experts at the Gemeentemuseum in the Hague ...
Forbes

What The Water Lily Genome Has In Common With Monet’s Water Lilies

Biologists are always learning new information about the genetic makeup of different species. At the end of last year, a group of researchers based in different labs in China, Belgium and the United ...
NBC News

Claude Monet's Water Lily Paintings Almost Never Existed

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 ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Monet’s ‘Water Lilies’ at Kansas City museum

KANSAS CITY, Mo.KANSAS CITY, Mo. — 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 ...