1897 – 1926
Water Lilies
Monet's garden at Giverny became his universe. He painted the pond he built over two hundred times, chasing the way light dissolved on still water.
1890 – 1891
Haystacks
Thirty canvases of the same subject, painted across seasons and hours. Monet proved that light itself was the true subject of a painting.
1892 – 1894
Rouen Cathedral
He rented a room across from the cathedral and painted the same façade over thirty times — dawn, noon, dusk — until stone became pure light.
1891
Poplars
When the town planned to auction the trees, Monet paid a lumber dealer to delay the sale until he finished painting them.
1900 – 1905
Houses of Parliament
London fog was his collaborator. Monet worked from a balcony at St Thomas' Hospital, painting the Thames dissolving into violet haze.
1908
Venice
His only visit. He called the light 'too beautiful to paint,' then painted thirty-seven canvases before leaving.
