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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

From Nov. 14, 2025, to Mar. 1, 2026, you can see more than 100 original artworks from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’s world ...

Monet at work in his large studio, 1910. From "Mad Enchantment," by Ross King.(Getty) Mad Enchantment sounds like an oxymoron, but it fairly summarizes historian Ross King's depiction of the pain, ...

Anyone who has stood before Claude Monet's monumental Water Lily paintings may recall feeling dissolved into their world of ineffable light and seemingly perfect tranquility. A new book makes clear ...

Ross King delivers a moving biography of Claude Monet and an engrossing depiction of the Great War era This time, that artist is impressionist master Claude Monet. The city is Paris—well, actually ...

LONDON (AFP) - An iconic Water Lilies painting by French artist Claude Monet sold for £31.7 million (S$67 million) at a London sale on Monday, the second-highest sum paid for his work on record. The ...

Everyone knows French artist Claude Monet's "Water Lilies," which he painted in his garden. You find the images everywhere from galleries to dorm rooms and dentists' lounges. Today is the 90th ...