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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Two years ago, a San Francisco museum exhibit revealed the stunning early career of French artist Claude Monet. The storyline ended about the time his painting “Impression—Summer” went on display in ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Claude Monet: The Water Lily Obsession In 1883 painter Claude Monet first rented a house in the French town of Giverny. After purchasing the property and ...

Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies” series is coveted by museums and private collectors worldwide. But one Dutch museum owned one without even knowing it. Experts at the Gemeentemuseum in the Hague ...

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 ...

Sotheby’s will offer a monumental water lilies painting by Claude Monet at its May evening auction of impressionist and modern art in New York for an estimate in the region of US$40 million. Le Bassin ...

An auctioneer predicts a work from Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies” series could go for $30 million to $50 million when it’s put up for sale next month in New York City. The money will benefit the ...

Biologists are always learning new information about the genetic makeup of different species. At the end of last year, a group of researchers based in different labs in China, Belgium and the United ...

Of the most innovative works are Lichtenstein’s Water Lilies series, a small edition on metal, which plays homage to the water lily paintings of Claude Monet. Always drawn to popular and clichéd ...