Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Claude Monet called his "Water Lily" series his "most beautiful" project.

Learn more about this late-career undertaking and the more than 300 canvases he made on the theme with Gloria Groom, Chair and David and Mary Winton Green Curator, Painting and Sculpture of Europe.

Work shown:
Claude Monet. "Water Lily Pond," 1917–19. Gift of Mrs. Harvey Kaplan.