Water Lilies (Monet series)

Series of paintings by Claude Monet

"Water Lilies" redirects here. For other uses, see Water lily.

Claude Monet, The Water Lilies – The Clouds, 1920–1926, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris Claude Monet, The Water Lilies – Setting Sun, 1920–1926, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris Claude Monet, Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond, c. 1920, 200 × 1276 cm (78.74 × 502.36 in), oil on canvas, Museum of Modern Art, New York City

Water Lilies (French: Nymphéas [nɛ̃.fe.a]) is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet (1840–1926). The paintings depict his flower garden at his home in Giverny, and were the main focus of his artistic production during the last 31 years of his life. Many of the works were painted while Monet suffered from cataracts.[1][2]

## Background

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Monet's long-standing preference for producing and exhibiting a series of paintings related by subject and perspective began in 1889, with at least ten paintings done at the Valley of the Creuse, which were shown at the Galerie Georges Petit.[3] Among his other famous series are his Haystacks.

During the 1920s, the state of France built a pair of oval rooms at the Musée de l'Orangerie as a permanent home for eight large water lily murals by Monet. The exhibit opened to the public on 16 May 1927, a few months after Monet's death.[1] Sixty water lily paintings from around the globe were assembled for a special exhibition at the Musée de l'Orangerie in 1999.[4]

The paintings are on prominent display at museums all over the world, including the Musée Marmottan Monet,[5] the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, the Tate, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art in New York,[6] the Art Institute of Chicago,[7] the Saint Louis Art Museum,[8] the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri,[9] the Carnegie Museum of Art, Princeton University Art Museum, the National Museum of Wales, the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, The Toledo Museum of Art,[10] the Cleveland Museum of Art,[11] the Portland Art Museum, and the Legion of Honor.[12] In 2020, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston celebrated its 150th anniversary with some of Monet's Water Lilies paintings.[13]

## The paintings at auction

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Monet painted the bigger works of his Water Lily series in a large studio at his home in Giverny, France. The studio is now used as the home's giftshop.

On 19 June 2007, one of Monet's Water Lily paintings sold for £18.5 million at a Sotheby's auction in London.[14] On 24 June 2008 another of his Water Lily paintings, Le Bassin Aux Nymphéas, sold for almost £41 million at Christie's in London, almost double the estimate of £18 to £24 million.[15]

In May 2010, it was announced that the 1906 Nymphéas work would be auctioned in London in June 2010. The painting had an estimated sale price of between £30 and £40 million.[16] Giovanna Bertazzoni, Christie's auction house director and head of impressionist and modern art, said, "Claude Monet's water-lily paintings are amongst the most recognised and celebrated works of the 20th Century and were hugely influential to many of the following generations of artists."[16] The sale took place on 23 June 2010 at the auction house and the painting attracted bids of up to £29 million, but it ultimately failed to sell.[17]

On 6 May 2014, one of the Water Lilies, Le Bassin aux Nymphéas, was auctioned at Christie's, New York City for $27 million.[16][18]

In June 2014, one of the Water Lilies, Nymphéas, sold for US$54 million at a Sotheby's auction in London.[19] This piece was auctioned to an anonymous buyer, but the piece went on to be part of the exhibition "Painting the Modern Garden: From Monet to Matisse" at the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Royal Academy of Arts, London, starting in 2015.[19] The co-chairman of Sotheby's modern and impressionist art department, Helena Newman, claims that the result is at the top of the original estimated selling price. This price was between 34 and 51 million USD.

While many of Monet's masterpieces have sold, there are still an estimated 250 oil paintings from this series.[20] The collection is widely popular, with many of these pieces residing in exhibits. The paintings have been catalogued by Daniel Wildenstein in his Monet: Catalogue Raisonné.

## Gallery

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* Le Bassin Aux Nymphéas, 1919, private collection

* Water Lilies, 1919, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

* Nymphéas, 1915, Musée Marmottan Monet

* Water-Lilies, 1903, Dayton Art Institute

* Closeup of Water lily pond, one of 18 views of the pond, 1899, Boston Museum of Fine Arts

## List of Water Lily paintings

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Image | Title | Date | Museum | Size (cm) | Catalog No

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| Water Lilies | 1897–1898  | Los Angeles County Museum of Art | 65 x 100  | W.1501
| Water Lilies | 1897–1898  | Private collection  | 73 x 100  | W.1502
| Water Lilies | 1897–1898  | Private collection  | 100 x 100  | W.1503
| Water Lilies – Evening Effect | 1897–1898  | Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris  | 73 x 100  | W.1504
| Water Lilies | 1897–1898  | Private collection  | 75 x 100  | W.1505
| Water-Lilies | 1897–1899  | Kagoshima City Museum of Art | 89 x 130  | W.1506
| Water Lilies | 1897–1899  | Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome  | 81 x 100  | W.1507
| Water-Lilies | 1897–1899  | Private collection  | 130 x 152  | W.1508
| Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge | 1899  | Princeton University Art Museum | 90 x 90  | W.1509
| The Water Lily Pond | 1899  | Private collection  | 93 x 90  | W.1510
| The Water Lily Pond | 1899  | Pola Museum of Art, Kanagawa  | 89 x 92  | W.1511
| Japanese Bridge and Water Lily Pond | 1899  | Philadelphia Museum of Art | 89 x 93  | W.1512
| White Water Lilies | 1895  | Pushkin Museum (Moscow)  | 89 x 92  | W.1513
| The Water-Lily Pond | 1899  | Private collection  | 89 x 92  | W.1514
| The Lily Pond, Green Harmony | 1898  | Musée d'Orsay, Paris  | 89 x 93  | W.1515
| The Lily Pond | 1899  | National Gallery, London  | 88 x 92  | W.1516
| Japanese Footbridge | 1899  | National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.  | 81 x 100  | W.1517
| Bridge over the Lily Pond | 1899  | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York  | 93 x 74  | W.1518
| Water-Lily Pond | 1899  | Unknown  | Known from a photograph of the studio  | W.1519
| Bridge over the Water-Lilies | 1899  | MM Khalil Museum, Cairo  | 116 x 89  | W.1520
| Water Lily Pond | 1900  | Art Institute of Chicago | 89 × 100  | W.1628
| Water-Lily Pond, Symphony in Rose | 1900  | Musée d'Orsay, Paris  | 90 x 100  | W.1629
| The Water-Lily Pond | 1900  | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | 90 x 92  | W.1630
| The Japanese Bridge or The Lily Pond | 1900  | Private collection  | 89 x 92  | W.1631
| Water-Lily Pond: Water Irises | 1900  | Private collection  | 89 x 100  | W.1632
| Water-lily Pond and Path by the Water | 1900  | Private collection  | 89 x 100  | W.1633
| Water-Lilies, Clouds | 1903  | Private collection  | 73 x 100  | W.1656
| Water-Lilies | 1903  | Dayton Art Institute | 81 x 100  | W.1657
| Water-Lilies | 1903  | Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo  | 81 x 100  | W.1658
| Water-Lily Pond | 1903  | Known only from photographs  |  | W.1659
| Water-Lilies | 1903  | Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris  | 73 x 92  | W.1660
| Water-Lilies | 1903  | Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris  | 89 x 100  | W.1661
| Water-Lilies | 1904  | Private collection  | 81 x 100  | W.1662
| Water-Lily Pond  | 1904  | Known only from photograph  |  | W.1663
| Lily Pond | 1904  | Museum of modern art André Malraux - MuMa, Le Havre  | 90 x 96  | W.1664
| Water-Lilies | 1904  | Private collection  | 90 x 92  | W.1665
| Lily Pond | 1904  | Denver Art Museum | 88 x 91  | W.1666
| Water-Lilies | 1904  | Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen | 90 x 92  | W.1667
| The Bridge over the Water-Lily Pond | 1905  | Private collection  | 90 x 100  | W.1668
| Lily Pond, the Bridge | 1905  | Private collection  | 95 x 100  | W.1669
| The Water-Lily Pond and Bridge | 1905  | Private collection  | 86 X 100  | W.1670
| Water-Lilies | 1905  | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | 89 x 100  | W.1671
| Water-Lilies | 1905  | Private collection  | 89 x 99  | W.1672
| Water-Lilies | 1905  | Private collection  | 90 X 100  | W.1673
| Water-Lilies | 1905  | Private collection  | 90 x 100  | W.1674
| Water-Lilies | 1905  | Private collection  | 89 x 92  | W.1675
| Water-Lilies | 1905  | Private collection  | 89 x 100  | W.1676
| Water-Lilies | 1905  | Unknown  | Known only from a photograph  | W.1677
| Water-Lilies | 1905  | Private collection  | 73 x 105  | W.1678
| Water-Lilies | 1905  | Private collection  | 81 x 100.5  | W.1679
| Water-Lilies | 1905  | National Museums & Galleries of Wales, Cardiff  | 82 x 101  | W.1680
| Water-Lilies | 1905  | Private collection  | 73 x 105  | W.1681
| Water-Lilies | 1906–07  | Private collection  | 73 x 100  | W.1682
| Water Lilies | 1906  | Art Institute of Chicago | 89.9 × 94.1  | W.1683
| Water-Lilies | 1906–07  | Private collection  | 90 x 100  | W.1684
| Water-Lilies | 1906–07  | Private collection  | 81 x 92  | W.1685
| Water-Lilies | 1906–07  | Private collection  | 90 x 93  | W.1686
| Water-Lilies | 1906–07  | Private collection  | 91 x 100  | W.1687
| Water-Lilies | 1906–07  | National Museums & Galleries of Wales, Cardiff  | 81 x 92  | W.1688
| Water-Lilies | 1906–07  | Ohara Museum of Art, Kurashiki  | 73 x 92  | W.1689
| Water-Lilies | 1908  | Kunstmuseum, Saint Gallen  | 90 x 93  | W.1690
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Museum of Art, Yamagata  | 81 x 92  | W.1691
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Private collection  | 89 x 130  | W.1694
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Musée M Khalil, Cairo  | 81 x 100  | W.1695
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford  | 81 x 92  | W.1696
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | 90 x 93  | W.1697
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Private collection  | 93 x 89  | W.1698
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Pola Museum of Art, Kanagawa  | 93 x 99  | W.1699
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Private collection  | 100 x 90  | W.1700
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Musée d'art moderne (Saint-Étienne) | Diam. 81  | W.1701
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Musée d'art moderne (Saint-Étienne) | Diam. 81  | W.1702
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | 91 x 81  | W.1703
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Private collection  | 92 x 73  | W.1704
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Private collection  | 92 x 73  | W.1705
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, Sakura  | 92 x 73  | W.1706
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Private collection  | 100 x 82  | W.1707
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Private collection[21] | 100 x 73  | W.1708
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Private collection  | 106 x 73  | W.1709
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Israel Museum, Jerusalem  | 107 x 73  | W.1710
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Private collection  | 93 x 82  | W.1711
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Private collection  | 92 x 73  | W.1712
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Kuboso Memorial Museum of Art, Osaka  | 82 x 89  | W.1713
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris  | 100 x 73  | W.1714
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo  | 100 x 73  | W.1715
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Gothenburg Museum of Art | 105 x 73  | W.1716
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris  | 105 x 73  | W.1717
| Water-Lilies, Reflections on the Water | 1907  | Musée A André, Bagnols-sur-Cèze  | 73 x 92  | W.1718
| Water-Lilies, Setting Sun | 1907  | National Gallery, London  | 73 x 93  | W.1719
| Water-Lily Pond,Sketch | 1907  | Private collection  | 73 x 107  | W.1720
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Private collection  | 90 x 92  | W.1721
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Private collection  | 100 x 100  | W.1722
| Water-Lilies | 1907  | Private Collection  | 100 x 100  | W.1723
| Water Lilies | 1908  | Museum of Vernon  | Diam. 81  | W.1724
| Water-Lilies | 1908  | Private collection  | 92 x 81  | W.1725
| Water-Lilies | 1908  | Private collection  | 100 x 81  | W.1726
| Water-Lilies | 1908  | Private collection  | 92 x 89  | W.1727
| Water-Lilies | 1908  | Private collection  | 92 x 89  | W.1728
| Water-Lilies | 1908  | Dallas Museum of Art | Diam. 80  | W.1729
| Water-Lilies | 1908  | Private collection  | 100 x 81  | W.1730
| Water-Lilies | 1908  | Tokyo Fuji Art Museum | 100 x 90  | W.1731
| Water-Lilies | 1908  | National Museum of Wales, Cardiff  | 100 x 81  | W.1732
| Water-Lilies | 1908  | Worcester Art Museum | 73 x 93  | W.1733
| Water-Lilies | 1908  | Private collection  | 86 x 90  | W.1734
| Water-Lilies | 1908  | Private collection  | 100 x 81  | W.1735
| The Water-Lily Pond, Rose Arches | 1914–1917  | Private collection  | 73 x 100  | W.1781
| Water-Lilies with Reflections of Green Grasses | 1914–1917  | Private collection  | 130 x 200  | W.1782
| Water-Lilies | 1914–1917  | Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris  | 130 x 200  | W.1783
| Water-Lilies | 1914–1917  | Private collection  | 130 x 200  | W.1784
| Water-Lilies | 1914–1917  | Private collection  | 150 x 200  | W.1785
| Water-Lilies | 1914–1917  | Private collection  | 130 x 150  | W.1786
| Water-Lilies | 1914–1917  | Private collection  | 135 x 145  | W.1787
| Water-Lilies | 1914–1917  | Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco | 180 x 146  | W.1788
| Water Lilies | 1914–1917  | Private collection  | 175 x 135  | W.1789
| Nymphéas en fleur | 1914–1917  | Private collection  | 160 x 180  | W.1790
| Water Lilies | 1914–1917  | Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris  | 150 x 200  | W.1791
| Water Lilies | 1914–1917  | Private collection  | 150 x 200  | W. 1792
| Water Lilies | 1914–1917  | Asahi beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art, Kyoto  | 152 x 200  | W.1793
| Water Lilies | 1914–1917  | Museum of Modern Art, Gunma  | 130 x 90  | W.1794
| Water Lilies | 1915  | Portland Art Museum, Oregon  | 160 x 180  | W.1795
| Water-Lilies | 1915  | Neue Pinakothek, Munich  | 151 x 200  | W.1796
| Water Lilies | 1914–1917  | Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris  | 130 x 153  | W.1797
| Water Lilies | 1914–1917  | Private collection  | 132 x 84  | W.1798
| Water Lilies | 1914–1917  | Private collection  | 170 x 122  | W.1799
| Water Lilies | 1916  | National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo  | 200 x 200  | W.1800
| White and Yellow Water Lilies | 1914–1917  | Kunstverein, Winterthur  | 200 x 200  | W.1801
| Water Lilies | 1914–1917  | Asahi beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art, Kyoto  | 200 x 200  | W.1802
| Water Lilies | 1914–1917  | Private collection  | 200 x 200  | W.1803
| Water Lilies | 1914–1917  | Toledo Museum of Art | 200 x 215  | W.1804
| Water Lilies | 1914–1917  | Private collection  | 160 x 180  | W.1805
| Water Lilies | 1914–1917  | Private collection  | 150 x 165  | W.1806
| Water Lilies | 1914–1917  | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra  | 180 x 200  | W.1807
| Water Lilies | 1914–1917  | Private collection  | 180 x 200  | W.1808
| Water Lilies | 1914–1917  | Private collection  | 135 x 145  | W.1809
| Water Lilies | 1914–1919  | Private collection  | 120 x 200  | W.1810
| Water Lilies | 1914–1919  | Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris  | 200 x 200  | W.1811
| Water Lilies | 1914–1917  | Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima  | 135 x 145  | W.1812
| Water Lilies | 1914–1917  | Museum of Modern Art, New York  | 180 x 200  | W.1813
(lost in fire)
| Water Lilies | 1914–1917  | Beyeler Foundation, Basel  | 150 x 200  | W.1814
| Water Lilies | 1914–1917  | Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne  | 180 x 200  | W.1815
| Water Lilies | 1914–1919  | Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris  | 180 x 200  | W.1816
| Water-Lilies, Cluster of Grass | 1914–1917  | Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima  | 200 x 213  | W.1817
| Water-Lilies | 1916–1919  | Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris  | 150 x 197  | W.1852
| Blue Water-Lilies | 1916–1919  | Musée d'Orsay, Paris  | 200 x 200  | W.1853
| Water-Lilies | 1916–1919  | Beyeler Foundation, Basel  | 200 x 180  | W.1854
| Water-Lilies, Reflection of a Weeping Willow | 1916–1919  | Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris  | 130 x 88  | W.1855
| Water-Lilies  | 1916–1919  | Private collection  | 130 x 200  | W.1856
| Water-Lilies, Reflection of a Weeping Willow | 1916–1919  | Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima  | 100 x 200  | W.1857
| Water-Lilies, Reflections of a Weeping Willow | 1916–1919  | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York  | 130 x 200  | W.1858
| Water-Lilies, Reflection of a Weeping Willow | 1916–1919  | Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris  | 200 x 200  | W.1859
| Water-Lilies, Reflection of a Weeping Willow | 1916–1919  | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York  | 130 x 200  | W.1860
| Water-Lilies, Reflection of a Weeping Willow | 1916–1919  | Municipal Museum of Art, Kitakyushu  | 130 x 197  | W.1861
| Water-Lilies, Reflection of a Weeping Willow | 1916–1919  | Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris  | 200 x 200  | W.1862
| Water-Lilies | 1916–1919  | McNay Art Museum, San Antonio  | 130 x 200  | W.1863
| Water-Lilies | 1916–1919  | Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris  | 130 x 152  | W.1864
| Water-Lilies | 1916–1919  | Private collection  | 89 x 130  | W. 1865
| Vue du bassin aux nymphéas avec saule | 1916–1919  | Private Collection  | 140 x 150  | W.1866
| Jardin d'eau à Giverny | 1920  | Museum of Grenoble | 117 x 83  | W.1878
| The Water-Lily Pond | 1918–1919  | Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva  | 120 x 89  | W.1879
| The Water-Lily Pond | 1918–1919  | Private collection  | 130 x 88  | W.1880
| The Water-Lily Pond | 1918-1919  | Private collection  | 129 x 89  | W.1881
| The Water-Lily Pond | 1918–1919  | Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris  | 73 x 105  | W.1882
| The Water-Lily Pond | 1918–1919  | Museum Folkwang, Essen  | 130 x 200  | W.1883
| The Water-Lily Pond | 1917–1919  | MOA Museum of Art, Atami  | 130 x 200  | W.1884
| The Water-Lily Pond | 1917–1919  | Private collection  | 130 x 200  | W.1885
| The Water-Lily Pond | 1917–1919  | Musée d'Arts de Nantes | 100 x 200  | W.1886
| The Water-Lily Pond | 1917–1919  | Private collection  | 100 x 200  | W.1887
| The Water-Lily Pond | 1917–1919  | Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris  | 130 x 120  | W.1888/1
| The Water-Lily Pond | 1917–1919  | Current whereabouts unknown  | 130 x 80  | W.1888/2
| Water Lily Pond | 1917–1926  | Art Institute of Chicago | 130.2 × 201.9  | W.1889
| The Water Lily Pond | 1917–1919  | Private collection  | 100 x 200  | W.1890
| The Water-Lily Pond (left panel)  | 1917–1919  | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York  | 101 x 200  | W.1891
| The Water-Lily Pond (right panel)  | 1917–1919  | Private collection  | 100 x 200  | W.1892
| The Water Lily Pond
(half of original)  | 1917–1919  | Private collection  | 100 x 92  | W.1893-1
| The Water Lily Pond
(half of original)  | 1917–1919  | Private Collection  | 101 x 104  | W.1893-2
| Water Lilies | 1917–1919  | Private collection  | 100 x 200  | W.1894
| Water Lilies | 1917–1919  | Honolulu Museum of Art | 100 x 200  | W.1895
| The Water-Lily Pond | 1917–1919  | Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima  | 100 x 200  | W.1896
| The Water-Lily Pond | 1917–1919  | Private collection  | 100 x 200  | W.1897
| Water-Lily Pond | 1917-1919  | Private collection  | 100 x 200  | W. 1898
| Water-Lily Pond | 1917–1919  | Albertina, Vienna  | 100 x 200  | W.1899
| The Water-Lily Pond | 1917–1920  | National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul  | 100 x 200  | W.1900
| The Water-Lily Pond (left side) | 1917–1920  | Location Unknown  | 100 x 70  | W.1901/1
| The Water-Lily Pond (right side) | 1917–1920  | Private Collection  | 97 x 130  | W.1901/2
| The Water-Lily Pond | 1917–1920  | Private collection  | 46 x 56  | W.1901a
| The Water-Lily Pond | 1917–1920  | Private collection  | 86 x 90  | W.1901b
| Water Lilies | 1919–1920  | Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris  | 100 x 300  | W.1902
| Water-Lily Pond, Evening (left panel)  | 1920–1926  | Kunsthaus Zurich | 200 x 300  | W.1964
Water-Lily Pond, Evening (right panel)  | 1920–1926  | Kunsthaus Zurich | 200 x 300  | W.1965
| Water-Lily Pond (left half)  | 1920–1926  | Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima  | 200 x 150  | W.1966
Water-Lily Pond (right half)  | 1920–1926  | Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima  | 200 x 150  | W.1967
| Water-Lily Pond (triptych, left panel)  | 1920–1926  | Beyeler Foundation, Basel  | 200 x 300  | W.1968
Water-Lily Pond (triptych, center panel)  | 1920–1926  | Beyeler Foundation, Basel  | 200 x 300  | W.1969
Water-Lily Pond (triptych, right panel)  | 1920–1926  | Beyeler Foundation, Basel  | 200 x 300  | W.1970
| Reflections of the Weeping Willow on the Water-Lily Pond | 1920-26  | Withdrawn by the artist  | 200 x 425  | W.1971
| Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond (triptych, left panel)  | 1920–1926  | Museum of Modern Art, New York  | 200 x 424  | W.1972
Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond (triptych, center panel)  | 1920–1926  | Museum of Modern Art, New York  | 200 x 424  | W.1973
Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond (triptych, right panel)  | 1920–1926  | Museum of Modern Art, New York  | 200 x 424  | W.1974
| Water Lilies, Agapanthus (left panel)  | 1920–1926  | Cleveland Museum of Art | 200 x 425  | W.1975
| Water Lilies, Agapanthus (center panel)  | 1920–1926  | Saint Louis Art Museum | 200 x 425  | W.1976
| Water Lilies, Agapanthus (right panel)  | 1920–1926  | Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City  | 200 x 425  | W.1977
| Water-Lilies | 1920–1926  | National Gallery, London  | 200 x 427  | W.1978
| The Water-Lily Pond, Green Reflections | 1920–1926  | Kunsthaus Zurich | 200 x 425  | W.1979
| Water-Lily Pond with Irises | 1920–1926  | Kunsthaus Zurich | 200 x 600  | W.1980
| Water Lilies | 1920–1926  | Museum of Modern Art, New York  | 200 x 600  | W.1981
| Water-Lily Pond | 1920–1926  | Museum of Modern Art, New York  | 200 x 602
(lost in fire)  | W.1982
| Water-Lily Pond | 1920–1926  | Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh | 200 x 600  | W.1983
| Sunset | 1914–1926  | Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris  | 200 x 600  | First room: 1
| The Clouds | 1914–1926  | Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris  | 200 x 1275  | First room: 2a-c
| Green Reflections | 1914–1926  | Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris  | 200 x 850  | First room: 3a-b
| Morning | 1914–1926  | Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris  | 200 x 1275  | First room: 4a-d
| Tree Reflections | 1914–1926  | Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris  | 200 x 850  | Second room: 1a-b
| Morning with Willows | 1914–1926  | Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris  | 200 x 1275  | Second room 2a-c
| The Two Willows | 1914–1926  | Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris  | 200 x 1700  | Second room: 3a-d
| Clear Morning with Willows | 1914–1926  | Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris  | 200 x 1275  | Second room: 4a-c

## See also

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* List of paintings by Claude Monet
* Weeping Willow, 1918 Monet painting, one of several works depicting a Weeping Willow tree located at the edge of his Water Lilies pond
* Show Me the Monet, 2005 painting by Banksy

## Further reading

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* Ross King (2017), Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

## Notes

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1. ^ a b "Monet, Claude." Grove Art Online.
2. ^ Smart, Alastair (18 October 2014). "Why are Monet's water-lilies so popular?". The Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
3. ^ Tucker, Paul Hayes, Monet in the '90s: The Series Paintings, 1989, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in association with Yale University Press, p. 41.
4. ^ Susan Bell. "Paris sees Monet lilies in a new light." The Times. 8 May 1999.
5. ^ Claude Monet paintings Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine at the Marmottan
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## External links

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* Claude Monet, Ministère de la culture et de la communication
* Claude Monet, Joconde, Portail des collections des musées de France
* Water Lilies at the Portland Art Museum
* Monet's Years at Giverny: Beyond Impressionism, exhibition catalog fully online as PDF from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on these works

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List of paintings

Paintings|

* View from Rouelles (1858)
* Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Paris / Moscow) (1865–1867)
* A Cart on the Snowy Road at Honfleur (1865)
* Camille (1866)
* Women in the Garden (1866)
* Woman in the Garden (1866)
* Regatta at Sainte-Adresse (1867)
* The Beach at Sainte-Adresse (1867)
* Garden at Sainte-Adresse (1867)
* The Road in Front of Saint-Simeon Farm in Winter (1867)
* On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt (1868)
* L'Enfant a la tasse (1868)
* The Magpie (1868)
* Interior, after Dinner (1868–69)
* The Red Cape (1868–73)
* La Grenouillère (1869)
* Houses on the Achterzaan (1871)
* Windmill at Zaandam (1871)
* Impression, Sunrise (1872)
* Regatta at Argenteuil (c. 1872)
* Springtime (1872)
* The Seine at Rouen (1872)
* Boulevard des Capucines (1873)
* Lilac Bush in the Sun (1873)
* The Seine at Asnières (1873)
* Resting Under a Lilac Bush (1873)
* The Seine at Argenteuil (1873)
* The Poppy Field near Argenteuil (1873)
* Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat (1874)
* The Grand Quai at Le Havre (1874)
* Snow at Argenteuil (1875)
* The Train in the Snow (1875)
* Woman with a Parasol – Madame Monet and Her Son (1875)
* A Corner in the Garden at Montgeron (1876)
* The Studio Boat (Le Bateau-atelier) (1876)
* La Japonaise (1876)
* Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare (1877)
* Waves Breaking (1881)
* Beach in Pourville (1882)
* Portrait of Père Paul (1882)
* The Cliff Walk at Pourville (1882)
* Anglers on the Seine at Poissy (1882)
* Stormy Sea at Étretat (1883)
* The Valley of the Nervia (1884)
* Garden at Bordighera, Morning (1884)
* Haystack Near Giverny (1884)
* The Pyramides at Port-Coton, Rough Sea (1886)
* Study of Rocks; Creuse (1889)
* The Valley of the Creuse, Sunset (1889)
* Boating on the River Epte (1890)
* Champ d'avoine aux coquelicots (1890)
* Le Jardin de l'artiste à Giverny (1900)
* San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk (1908)
* The Doge's Palace Seen from San Giorgio Maggiore (1908)
* Le Grand Canal (1908)
* Nymphéas en fleur (c. 1914–1917)
* Weeping Willow (1918)
* Le Bassin Aux Nymphéas (1919)
* Water Lilies (1919)

Series|

* Gare Saint-Lazare (1877)
* Cliffs at Étretat (1885–1886 - Massachusetts / Moscow)
* Haystacks (1890–91)
* Poplars (1891)
* Rouen Cathedral (1892–1894)
* Mount Kolsaas (1895)
* Charing Cross Bridge (1899–1904)
* Waterloo Bridge (1900–1904)
* Houses of Parliament (1900–1905)
* Le Grand Canal (1908)
* Le Palais Ducal (1908)
* San Giorgio Maggiore (1908–1912)
* Water Lilies (1897–1926)

People|

* Camille Doncieux (first wife)
* Alice Hoschedé (second wife)
* Jean Monet (son)
* Michel Monet (son)
* Suzanne Hoschedé (step-daughter)
* Blanche Hoschedé Monet (step-daughter and daughter-in-law)
* Theodore Earl Butler (son-in-law, married Monet's step-daughters, Suzanne and Marthe)
* Jacques-François Ochard (teacher)
* Eugène Boudin (teacher)
* Ernest Hoschedé (patron)
* Paul Durand-Ruel (dealer)

Museums|

* Fondation Monet – Giverny home, studio, and gardens
* Musée de l'Orangerie
* Musée Marmottan Monet

Portrayals|

* The Improvised Field Hospital (1865 painting)
* A Studio at Les Batignolles (1870 painting)
* Claude Monet Painting in His Garden at Argenteuil (1873)
* Claude Monet Painting in his Studio (1874 painting)
* Portrait of the Painter Claude Monet (1875 painting)
* Monet: The Mystery of the Orangery (2000 video game)
* The Impressionists (2006 series)

Related|

* Pays des Impressionnistes
* Monet (crater)

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Lists of paintings

By gallery/
collection|

* Accademia Carrara, Bergamo
* Art Institute of Chicago
* El Greco Museum, Toledo
* Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
* Frick Collection, New York
* Galleria Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples
* Hampton Court Palace, London
* Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent
* Indianapolis Museum of Art
* Louvre Museum, Paris
* Musée d'Orsay
* Museum of Modern Art, New York
* National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
* National Gallery, London
* Los Angeles County Museum of Art
* Palatine Gallery, Florence
* Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
* Web Gallery of Art, Internet: A–K, L–Z

By artist|

* Pieter Coecke van Aelst
* Ivan Albright
* Albrecht Altdorfer
* Sophie Gengembre Anderson
* Sofonisba Anguissola
* Francis Bacon
* Giacomo Balla
* Banksy
* Jean-Michel Basquiat
* Frédéric Bazille
* Giovanni Bellini
* Frank Weston Benson
* Gian Lorenzo Bernini
* Albert Bierstadt
* Joseph Blackburn
* Arnold Böcklin
* Giovanni Boldini
* Hieronymus Bosch
* Sandro Botticelli
* François Boucher
* Eugène Boudin
* Valentin de Boulogne
* Ford Madox Brown
* Bronzino
* Pieter Bruegel the Elder
* Edward Burne-Jones
* Guido Cagnacci
* Gustave Caillebotte
* Canaletto
* Caravaggio
* Mary Cassatt
* Paul Cézanne
* Marc Chagall
* William Merritt Chase
* Gaetano Chierici
* Frederic Edwin Church
* Thomas Cole
* John Constable
* Adriaen Coorte
* Terence Cuneo
* John Steuart Curry
* Salvador Dalí
* Edward Thomas Daniell
* Jacques-Louis David
* Edgar Degas
* Marcel Duchamp
* Carolus-Duran
* Albrecht Dürer
* Anthony van Dyck
* Thomas Eakins
* James Ensor
* Jan van Eyck
* Jean-Honoré Fragonard
* Caspar David Friedrich
* Fujishima Takeji
* Paul Gauguin
* Orazio Gentileschi
* Artemisia Gentileschi
* Luca Giordano
* Albert Gleizes
* Hugo van der Goes
* Vincent van Gogh
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* El Greco
* Hans Gude
* Frans Hals
* Bartholomeus van der Helst
* Catharina van Hemessen
* William Hogarth
* Hans Holbein the Younger
* Pieter de Hooch
* Edward Hopper
* Edward Robert Hughes
* John Ingleby
* Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
* Johan Jongkind
* Frida Kahlo
* Wassily Kandinsky
* Paul Klee
* Gustav Klimt
* Peder Severin Krøyer
* Philip de László
* Georges Lebacq
* Leonardo da Vinci
* Judith Leyster
* August Macke
* René Magritte
* Édouard Manet
* Masaccio
* Henri Matisse
* Victor Meirelles
* Jean Metzinger
* Michelangelo
* John Middleton
* Pierre Mignard
* John Everett Millais
* Claude Monet
* Water Lilies
* Alphonse Mucha
* Edvard Munch
* Elizabeth Murray
* Mikhail Nesterov
* William Orpen
* Clara Peeters
* Robert Antoine Pinchon
* Camille Pissarro
* Giambattista Pittoni
* Frans Post
* Nicolas Poussin
* Raphael
* Rembrandt
* Guido Reni
* Pierre-Auguste Renoir
* Diego Rivera
* Suze Robertson
* Dante Gabriel Rossetti
* François Rude
* Jacob van Ruisdael
* Charles Marion Russell
* Rachel Ruysch
* John Singer Sargent
* Thérèse Schwartze
* De Es Schwertberger
* Georges Seurat
* Sharaku
* Alfred Sisley
* Matthias Stom
* August Strindberg
* Titian
* J. M. W. Turner
* Suzanne Valadon
* Diego Velázquez
* Johannes Vermeer
* George Vincent
* John William Waterhouse
* Michaelina Wautier
* J. Alden Weir
* Rogier van der Weyden
* Eugenio Zampighi
* Erotic works by Thomas Rowlandson

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* Gold-glass portraits
* Haunted paintings
* National Treasures of Japan
* May paintings
* Most expensive
* On Soviet postage stamps
* On United States postage stamps
* Pre-Raphaelite paintings
* Stolen paintings
* Stone Age paintings

Related|

* 100 Great Paintings (1980 BBC series)
* 100 great paintings from Duccio to Picasso
* 120 Paintings from the Rijksmuseum
* Still life paintings from the Netherlands, 1550–1720

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