The Grand Décorations (
large Water Lilies) are the culminating masterpieces of Monet's career.
The reappearance of these ten masterful studies and the five more fully realized Grand Décorations (
large Water Lilies) of Monet point the way to a comparison with Abstract Expressionism of the 1950's and Lyrical Abstraction of the 1960's and 1970's.
The larger Water Lilies are the ultimate all - over paintings.
Not exact matches
The collection isn't as
large, but it houses Monet's
water lily murals.
Your tiny voice perches as if on some
water lily, driven by some failing engine — a horsefly with too - wet wings, food for some
larger animal with a poisonous tongue.
The entrance to Chalina Estate immediately sets the mood with beautiful fish ponds featuring purple
water lilies, a cascading waterfall and
large stone vase fountains creating a peaceful tropical ambiance.
Established in 1940 by Captain Neil McEarcharn, Villa Tarantino's
large, landscaped gardens lovingly recreate the style of an English garden and features beautifully maintained lawns, flower gardens - including the spectacular Dahlia Garden which showcases over three hundred species, a
water -
lily pond, waterfalls, fountains and sculptures.
Drawing 15
lilies in a row to tediously jump your way across a
large body of
water, on the other hand, is tiring and dull.
Another critical view advanced by Clement Greenberg connects Pollock's allover canvases to the
large - scale
Water Lilies of Claude Monet done during the 1920s.
The remaining thirty - two paintings make up the remarkable second half of the exhibition culminating in the five Grand Décorations (
large scale
Water Lilies) made in surprising and relative obscurity at Giverny at the end of Monet's life.
These
large scale
Water Lilies are painted in the thick and bold manner of the ten
large scale studies I just discussed.
For an abstract painter today experiencing for the first time, Monet's
large scale paintings in the room called: Studies:
Water Lilies, Weeping Willows, and Irises 1914 - 1919, beginning the second half of the exhibition there can only be a profound shock of recognition.
Another critical view advanced by Clement Greenberg connects Pollock's allover canvasses to the
large - scale
Water Lilies of Claude Monet done during the 1920s.
In 1899 he began painting the
water lilies, first in vertical views with a Japanese bridge as a central feature, and later in the series of
large - scale paintings that was to occupy him continuously for the next 20 years of his life.
In 1955, The Museum of Modern Art became the first American museum to acquire one of Monet's
large - scale
water lily compositions.
In the post war years Lichtenhan once again organized a number of solo shows of international modern art: Piet Mondrian, Henri de Toulouse - Lautrec, Oskar Kokoschka, and Vincent van Gogh in 1947; Juan Gris, Georges Braque, and Pablo Picasso shown in a group display in 1948; and a
large - scale exhibition of French Impressionism in 1949, at which Claude Monet's
Water -
Lilies was seen for the first time outside France.
Not only did she recognize me from afar, but she didn't fail to make a witty comment about why on earth Clement Greenberg claimed that Monet's «
Water Lilies» is superior to Cézanne's «
Large Bathers».
Near the end of his life, Monet created a series of
large scale paintings in the mode of his famous
Water Lilies paintings that were particularly abstract.
A delightful
water lily design with
large scale flowers and leaves as motif across this luxury cotton bedding range.