The French countryside held a special place in Monet’s heart ... eventually inspiring his famous water lily works. “The primary reason for painting the haystacks series was to study ...
"Monet and the Mediterranean," presently at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, features more than 60 little-seen paintings made during the artist's major sojourns to the French and Italian ... with its ...
In 1918, a day after the Armistice of November 11, Monet expressed his wish to offer these paintings to the French State as a symbol of peace. Eight are now on display in the museum’s famous egg ...
And Mori,drawing inspiration from Monet,delivered a knock-out package of images that verged on art,evoking the historic setting ... The Japanese-inspired water garden of French impressionist Claude ...