Impressionism

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Artwork: Water Lily Pond

Artist: Claude Monet

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Dimensions: 35.38 in x 36.25 in

The painting features Monet’s famous water lilies. Monet uses a lot of green color in his painting and a few touches of blue and white and yet is very successful in giving his work a perspective. The usage of black in top center gives it additional depth. The most prominent object in the painting is the Japanese bridge. The bend in the bridge smoothly draws a person’s eyes from one side of the painting to the other. The sun seems to be filtering through the right side of the painting. He is also very good at manipulating his paints to achieve either textured or glossy surfaces. For example, in few places you can see the glassiness of still water and in some places you can see the little ripples in water and the reflections of the lilies are drawn accordingly. There are many more similar painting by Monet himself. He did a whole set of water lilies in his Water Garden collection.