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Mini Ceramic Vase - Monet - Water Lilies

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About Monet's Water Lilies Mini Ceramic Vase

Monet's most iconic painting of Blue Water Lilies is illustrated on this miniature cylinder Ceramic Vase.

About Water Lilies Painting

From 1883 onwards, Monet worked on a series of paintings called Water Lilies. The subject of the Water Lilies series is the garden Monet had in his home in Giverny, France where he lived until he passed away in 1926. He built a pond in his garden where he grew lilies, his inspiration for many of his paintings. The series is composed of 250 paintings (such as Water-Lilies, Setting Sun, circa 1907, and Water Lilies in Giverny, 1917) of the garden, reflected under different light and weather conditions. He believed he was only good for gardening and painting, “My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece”. With the growth of the garden, Monet imported water lilies from places (such as Egypt), added a Japanese footbridge across his pond (also shown in his famous artworks and portrayed as part of the series), and hired six gardeners to assist him in the care of his beloved garden. One of the gardener's main tasks consisted of paddling a boat into the pond and cleaning each lily individually. The series stands out because it illustrates the artist's perspective of light and color. Water Lilies, along with Van Gogh's famous painting Starry Night remain the most famous images of Impressionism. Nowadays, Monet's beautiful garden and inspiration in Giverny remains open to the public for tours while the Water Lilies series is on display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Technical Specifications

  • Size: 7.5″H x 2.5″W x 2.5″D
  • Type: Ceramic Vase
  • Material: Ceramic
  • Weight (lbs): 0.85
Monet

Monet

Claude Monet was considered as the French painter that founded Impressionist painting. He became world-famous in the late 20th century and an inspiration to an entire new generation of artists. Claude was raised into the Catholic church and was supposed to become the inheritor of the family business, selling ship supplies and equipment. His father was disapproving of his interest in Art and wanted his son to pursue more practical avenues. His mother, however, was a singer and supported the young Monet’s desire to become an artist. Disappointed with traditional art education in Le Havre, moved to Paris in his early twenties, where he met Charles Gleyre, Renoir, Bazille and Sisley. These artists would share Monet’s desire to set new beauty standards in conventional settings and things. The group were strongly opposed to Classicism; this desire would blossom into what we now recognize as the Impressionist movement. They worked outside, which had become possible because paint was now available in tubes). They focused on daily life scenes without symbolism or an underlying message. Of all his famous works, his series on Water Lilies is one of the most important and enduring, truly showing the depth and breadth that the Impressionist movement contained. The series is split all over the world and housed in a variety of venerable museums.

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