Monet's Water Lilies: Great Art Explained

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  @GreatArtExplained · 4 years ago · pinned

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  @davebenson1504 · 2 years ago

  &quot;People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it&apos;s simply necessary to love&quot;. ~ Claude Monet

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  @PeoplesRepublicOfArt · 5 years ago

  &quot;My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature.&quot; - Claude Monet<br><br>Same....

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  @amosdorol · 3 years ago

  What is lost in life, we find in art - Monet

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  @rogersurridge96 · 5 years ago

  I&apos;ve visited Monet&apos;s waterlilies at the Orangerie countless times but never realised how little I knew of the the back story. This video puts them into a much wider context — the Great War, Monet&apos;s depression and cataracts and his friendship with Georges Clémenceau, the lukewarm critical reception of these great late works and their influence on Pollock and Rothko. Fifteen minutes of brilliantly focused education.

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  @PATrailRiders · 5 years ago

  I really love Monet. &nbsp;To me his paintings are like vaguely-remembered dreams; sort of blurry and lacking sharp lines to delineate where one thing ends and the next thing begins. &nbsp;We have four Monets at the CMOA in Pittsburgh, including a Water Lilies, and I never get tired of looking at them. &nbsp;Another great video, thank you!

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  @joycecraig8302 · 4 years ago

  I had the unfortunate experience of getting locked in his garden in 2013 when I was painting a view of the willow tree. The guards forgot there was an artist painting after hours. And I particularly wanted the light of sunset. Thankfully I found one lone employee coming out of his house who let me out through the employee gate! &nbsp;Notwithstanding the fact that I might have had to sleep on my stool outside in October seeing that pond was one of the greatest experiences of my life!

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  @biddydibdab9180 · 5 years ago

  The first time I saw a Monet painting in a museum, the magnificence of it hit me like a bolt of lightening. &nbsp;Seeing it in books hadn’t prepared me for the otherworldly beauty of the live painting.

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  @Shawkthat · 5 years ago (edited)

  Just like Clemenceau believed in the transcendent quality of Monet’s art, I’d like to thank you for following in his footsteps and bringing art closer to us and helping us understand the historical context and significance of those artists and their art. You have a loyal follower.

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  @maureentuohy9423 · 5 years ago (edited)

  How can real beauty be “too easy”? The only obligation art has is to express the artist&apos;s view of the world. If he sees beauty so be it.

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  @barbaraolson600 · 5 years ago

  Love Monet, relaxes me to look at his art.

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  @ChubbyAmadeusFan · 5 years ago (edited)

  Cataracts, in an odd way, gave artists like Monet and Rembrandt a new method of painting, seeing life and objects through different older eyes. Their cataracts didn&apos;t hinder their art, but gave them a new path to art in their laters years. A silver lining to be sure. Thank you for this video and your explanation of Monet&apos;s Water Lilies.

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