Claude Monet’s Water Lilies

Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
When I first began wondering what piece to do for this assignment, I realized that I would have no time to go to an actual museum and view a work of art, let alone take enough notes on it to write three pages. I decided to use Water Lilies, which is in the National Gallery of London, England. I love Monet's ability to paint with such freedom and expression. I think his great talents are the reasons that he and most of his art will remain a mysterious masterpiece for centuries to come.
By doing research on Monet online and reading some books at the library, I got a new understanding of his art work. I found out that while he was painting Water Lilies, he was mourning over the death of his first wife. That was in 1911. Some say the reason he painted was to forget the fact that he was so lonely. I also learned that he had a full blown cataract, but never let it change or get in the way of his art. I love the Water Lilies because it displays the true...