22 M-3, Handbag - Claude Monet, Water Lilies
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Water Lilies
By Claude Monet, 1916Water Lilies is not one painting by Monet, the father of French Impressionism, it refers to a series. Over the course of the series, Monet painted countless individual water lilies in around 250 oil paintings.
Monet planted the water lilies, before painting them. The beauty of the French village Giverny struck Monet when he passed through on a train. The artist was so inspired that in 1883 he rented a house there and purchased it as his home in 1890.
When he wasn't painting the plant life on his property, Monet remodeled its landscapes and gardens to better inspire his work. As he put it, “I’m good for nothing except painting and gardening.” Monet created the perfect place and, then, spent the rest of his days capturing it on the canvas.
There would be no water lilies if Monet had obeyed the city council. The ambitious painter imported water lilies for his Giverny garden from Egypt and South America, which drew the ire of local authorities. The council demanded he uproot the plants before they poisoned the area's water, but Monet ignored them.
These paintings were the focus of Monet's later life. Commenting on what he called his Japanese-style "water landscapes," Monet once declared, "One instant, one aspect of nature contains it all." No wonder he dedicated much of the last 30 years of his life to painting them, forging on even when cataracts began threatening his vision in 1912.
- Price:$178.00
- Glazed synthetic leather
- Custom-print durable Oxford
- Double rolled handles with 6" drop
- Top zip opening has magnetic snaps on each end
- Silver hardware
- Interior features print lining; back zip pocket; 2 front open slip pockets trimmed in matching leather
- Size: 14"W x 9 1/2"H x 6"D