Water Lily Pond 1900
Water lily pond was among the 18 similar versions of the motif that he made in 1899 1900.
Water lily pond 1900. The water lily pond japanese bridge. The waterlily pond 1900 oil on canvas 89 x 92 cm. The first includes the edge of the pond and its dense vegetation. The vertical format of the picture unusual in this series gives prominence to the water lilies and their reflections on the pond.
In 1890 monet bought some property in the village of giverny near paris and constructed a water garden a lily pond arched with a japanese bridge and overhung with willows and clumps of bamboo. This is among the first of monet s paintings to emphasize the reflections of the bank and the sky on the flat surface of the water. The result was his water lily garden. A japanese bridge spanned the pond at its narrowest point.
Their common theme was the mingling of the lilies with reflections of other vegetation on the pool s surface. The water lily pond 1900 by claude monet is framed in the manhattan bronze narrow frame which is a burnished bronze frame with a slightly lifted outer ridge and a wide face that curves to an inner golden beaded edge. The water lily pond 1900 by claude monet buy the water lily pond 1900 paper art print museum of fine arts boston custom prints and framing. From this point forward monet s paintings mostly consisted of this pond and water lilies.
The series of water lily pond paintings from the summers of 1899 and 1900 as a whole is strikingly divergent from those groups he had painted earlier in the 1890s and as has been discussed by the art historian paul tucker they seem to recall monet s impressionist roots 1090 certainly the incorporation of active brushwork in boldly. 100 real wood frame. That is seen in the bassins aux nymphéas of 1899 1900 water lily pond then in the pont japonais japanese bridge from the later years. The second in contrast plays on the emptiness and includes only the surface of the water with flowers and reflections interspersed.