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Claude Monet
(French, 1840 – 1926)
Nymphéas, 1897–1899
Oil on canvas
28 7/8 × 39 9/16 in.
Loan courtesy of Friends of the Speed Art Museum L2022.1
Opened April 15, 2022 – August 12, 2024
Join us in welcoming one of Claude Monet’s celebrated waterlily paintings, on temporary loan to the Speed Art Museum. In 1893, Monet moved to Giverny, France, where he immediately set about building a lavish lily pond, complete with surrounding gardens. Painted in 1897, Nymphéas represents one of the artist’s first explorations of the theme of the lily pond, and it became a subject to which Monet was devoted for the remainder of his life. Capturing the complex relationships among water, reflections, and light, Monet’s Nymphéas is a lovely meditation on the passage of a moment in time.
Claude Monet’s Nymphéas in the News
Speed Art Museum Weighs In: Was Monet’s Work Influenced by Air Pollution? – LEO Weekly