Editing Claude Monet (section)

===Water lilies===
{{main|Water Lilies (Monet series)}}
Following his return from London, Monet painted mostly from nature, in his own garden; its water lilies, its pond and its bridge. From 22 November to 15 December 1900, another exhibition dedicated to him was held at the Durand-Ruel gallery, with around ten versions of the ''Water Lilies'' exhibited. This same exhibition was organized in February 1901 in New York City, where it was met with great success.<ref name="Lobstein" />

In 1901, Monet enlarged the pond of his home by buying a meadow located on the other side of the Ru, the local watercourse. He then divided his time between work on nature and work in his studio.<ref>Daniel&nbsp;Wildenstein,&nbsp;Monet ou le Triomphe de l'Impressionnisme, Cologne, Taschen,&nbsp;1996, p. 362</ref>

The canvases dedicated to the water lilies evolved with the changes made to his garden. In addition, around 1905, Monet gradually modified his aesthetics by abandoning the perimeter of the body of water and therefore modifying his perspective. He also changed the shape and size of his canvases by moving from rectangular stretchers to square and then circular stretchers.<ref name="Lobstein" />

These canvases were created with great difficulty: Monet spent a significant amount of time reworking them in order to find the perfect effects and impressions. When he deemed them unsuccessful he did not hesitate to destroy them. He continually postponed the Durand-Ruel exhibition until he was satisfied with the works. After several postponements dating back to 1906, the exhibition titled ''Les Nymphéas'' opened on 6 May 1909. Comprising forty-eight paintings dating from 1903 to 1908, representing a series of landscapes and water lily scenes, the exhibition was again a success.<ref name="Lobstein" />

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File:Le bassin aux nymphéas - Claude Monet.jpg|{{lang|fr|[[Le Bassin Aux Nymphéas]]}}, 1919. Monet's late series of water lily paintings are among his best-known works.
File:WLA metmuseum Water Lilies by Claude Monet.jpg|''Water Lilies'', 1919, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New York
File:Claude Monet - Water Lilies, 1917-1919.JPG|''[[Water Lilies]]'', 1917–1919, [[Honolulu Museum of Art]]
File:Claude Monet 044.jpg|''Water Lilies'', 1920, [[National Gallery]], London
File:Claude Monet, Water Lilies, ca. 1915-1926.jpg|''Water Lilies'', {{Circa|1915–1926}}, [[Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art]], Kansas City, Missouri
File:Claude Monet - Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond.jpg|''Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond'', {{Circa|1920}}, [[Museum of Modern Art]], New York
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