Water Lilies ( Monet series ) - wikipedia Water Lilies ( Monet series ) This article is about the series of paintings. For other uses, see Water lily. Claude Monet, The Water Lilies - The Clouds, 1920 -- 1926, Musée de l'Orangerie Claude Monet, The Water Lilies - Setting Sun, 1920 -- 1926, Musée de l'Orangerie 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 ( or Nymphéas, French : ( 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 thirty years of his life. Many of the works were painted while Monet suffered from cataracts. Contents 1 Background 2 The paintings at auction 3 Gallery 4 Notes 5 External links Background Monet 's long 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. 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 water lily murals by Monet. The exhibit opened to the public on 16 May 1927, a few months after Monet 's death. Sixty water lily paintings from around the world were assembled for a special exhibition at the Musée de l'Orangerie in 1999. The paintings are on display at museums all over the world, including the Princeton University Art Museum, Musée Marmottan Monet, the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Nelson - Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, the Carnegie Museum of Art, the National Museum of Wales, the Musée des Beaux - Arts de Nantes, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Portland Art Museum and the Legion of Honor. The paintings at auction On 19 June 2007, one of Monet 's water lily paintings sold for £ 18.5 million at a Sotheby 's auction in London. 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. 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. 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. '' 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. On 6 May 2014, one of the Water Lilies paintings was auctioned at Christie 's, New York City for $27 million. ( 16 ) This auction totaled $141 millon with the Monet piece Le bassin aux nymphéas being auctioned for $27 million of this amount. In June of 2014, one of the Water Lilies, Nymphéas, sold for $54 million USD at a Sotheby 's auction in London. 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. 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. The collection is widely popular, with many of these pieces residing in exhibits that have yet to go to auction. Gallery Water Lilies, 1920 -- 1926, Musée de l'Orangerie Water - Lily Pond, c. 1915 -- 1926, Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima, Kagawa, Japan Wisteria, 1925, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag Water Lilies, 1922, Toledo Museum of Art Le Bassin Aux Nymphéas, 1919 Water Lilies, 1919, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City The Water Lily Pond, c. 1917 - 19, Albertina Water Lilies, 1917 -- 1919, Honolulu Museum of Art Water - Lily Pond and Weeping Willow, ( 1916 -- 19 ) Nymphéas reflets de saule ( 1916 -- 19 ), Musée Marmottan Monet Blue Water Lilies, 1916 - 1919, Musée d'Orsay Sea - Roses ( Yellow Nirwana ), after 1916, National Gallery, London Nymphéas, 1916, Musée Marmottan Monet Water Lilies, 1916, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo White and yellow Water Lilies, ( 1915 -- 1917 ), Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland Nymphéas, 1915, Musée Marmottan Monet Nymphéas ( Waterlilies ), 1914 - 1917, National Gallery of Australia Water - Lilies, 1914 -- 1917, Toledo Museum of Art Nymphéas, 1915, Neue Pinakothek, Munich Water Lilies ( TFAM ), 1908, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Water Lily Pond, 1908 Water Lilies, 1907 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Water Lilies, 1907, Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo Pond with Water Lilies, 1907, Israel Museum Water Lilies, 1906, Art Institute of Chicago Water Lilies, 1905, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Le Bassin des Nympheas, 1904, Denver Art Museum Water Lilies, 1904 Water Lilies, 1903, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio Closeup of Water lily pond, one of 18 views of the pond, 1899, Boston Museum of Fine Arts Water lilies, 1897 -- 1899, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna Nympheas, 1897 -- 1898, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Notes ^ Jump up to : `` Monet, Claude. '' Grove Art Online. Jump up ^ Smart, Alastair ( 18 October 2014 ). `` Why are Monet 's water - lilies so popular ? ''. The Telegraph. telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2016. Jump up ^ Tucker, Paul Hayes, Monet in the ' 90s : The Series Paintings, 1989, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in association with Yale University Press, p. 41. Jump up ^ Susan Bell. `` Paris sees Monet lilies in a new light. '' The Times. 8 May 1999. Jump up ^ Claude Monet paintings at the Marmottan Jump up ^ Water Lilies at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Jump up ^ Water Lilies at the Art Institute of Chicago Jump up ^ Water Lilies at the Saint Louis Art Museum, Jump up ^ Water Lilies, the Nelson - Atkins Museum of Art Jump up ^ `` Water Lilies ( Agapanthus ) ''. Cleveland Museum of Art. Retrieved 2013 - 01 - 31. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ Dalya Alberge. `` Monet lilies make £ 18.5 m but just miss world record. '' The Times. 20 June 2007. Jump up ^ The Laura Henry Collection `` Monet masterpiece sells at auction for almost £ 41million '' The Laura Henry Collection. 25 June 2008. ^ Jump up to : `` Monet water lily to be auctioned at Christie 's ''. BBC News. BBC. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2010. Jump up ^ `` Picasso reaches £ 34.7 m in Christie 's auction ''. BBC News. BBC. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2010. Jump up ^ https://news.artnet.com/market/christies-141-million-impressionist-evening-sale-496091 Jump up ^ http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-monet-painting-auction-20140626-story.html Jump up ^ http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-monet-painting-auction-20140626-story.html Jump up ^ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/claude-monet-water-lilies-sell-for-32m-in-second-highest-auction-sale-for-his-work-9558624.html Jump up ^ National Gallery Jump up ^ ( 2 ) External links External video Monet 's Water Lilies 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 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Water Lilies by Claude Monet. Claude Monet Works Women in the Garden ( 1866 ) Garden at Sainte - Adresse ( 1867 ) Regatta at Sainte - Adresse ( 1867 ) L'Enfant a la tasse ( 1868 ) The Magpie ( 1868 ) Bain à la Grenouillère ( 1869 ) Impression, Sunrise ( 1872 ) Springtime ( 1872 ) Boulevard des Capucines ( 1873 ) Argenteuil Basin with a Single Sailboat ( 1874 ) Snow at Argenteuil ( 1875 ) Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son ( 1875 ) Bords de la Seine à Argenteuil ( 1875 ) Beach in Pourville ( 1882 ) Portrait of Père Paul ( 1882 ) The Cliff Walk at Pourville ( 1882 ) Stormy Sea in Étretat ( 1883 ) Boating on the River Epte ( 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 ) Le Bassin Aux Nymphéas ( 1919 ) Water Lilies ( 1919 ) Painting series Haystacks ( 1890 -- 91 ) Poplars ( 1891 ) Rouen Cathedral ( 1892 -- 94 ) Charing Cross Bridge ( 1899 -- 1904 ) Houses of Parliament ( 1900 -- 05 ) Water Lilies People Camille Doncieux ( first wife ) Alice Hoschedé ( second wife ) Suzanne Hoschedé ( step - daughter ) Blanche Hoschedé Monet ( step - daughter and daughter - in - law ) Jean Monet ( son ) Michel Monet ( son ) 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 ) Places Monet 's home and gardens Musée de l'Orangerie Musée d'Orsay Musée Marmottan Monet Portrayals A Studio at Les Batignolles BNF : cb11985277v ( data ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Water_Lilies_(Monet_series)&oldid=841724777 '' Categories : Painting series Paintings by Claude Monet Paintings of the Art Institute of Chicago Paintings of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Paintings of the Museum of Modern Art ( New York ) 1890s paintings 1900s paintings 1910s paintings 1920s paintings Water in art Hidden categories : Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Azərbaycanca Español Euskara فارسی Français Galego Հայերեն Hrvatski Italiano עברית Magyar Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Simple English Српски / srpski Türkçe Українська 中文 12 more Edit links This page was last edited on 17 May 2018, at 17 : 01. 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Question: where is the water lily pond by claude monet located
Answer: his flower garden at his home in Giverny