It took me a while to understand my water lilies… I grew them without thinking about painting them… A landscape does not pervade your senses in one day… Then suddenly I had a revelation and clearly saw these wonders on my pond. I took up my palette and paintbrush. And since then, I've hardly used any other subject.
— Claude Monet Modern

Impressionism founder

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Personal reflection on his Water Lilies series

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Early 1900s

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Strange & Unusual

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