# Water Lilies

By [Claude Monet](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/claude-monet.md>), 1906.

Monet crops away the horizon so the pond becomes a field of reflected light, submerged color, and floating blossoms.

## Details

- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 89.9 × 94.1 cm
- Collection: [Art Institute of Chicago](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/art-institute-chicago.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.artic.edu/artworks/16568>)

- Categories: Painting
- Styles: [Impressionism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/impressionism.md>)

## Image

![A close view of a pond filled with blue reflections and pale pink and white water lilies.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/aic-water-lilies/full.jpg?v=11b57c1347dd5bf54f7ce4a15990525fab4502d377f683c32792fa455adb7d49>)

## Sources & credits

- Image via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
- Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
- [Image source](<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Claude_Monet_-_Water_Lilies_-_1933.1157_-_Art_Institute_of_Chicago.jpg>)
- Artwork metadata based on Art Institute of Chicago collection records; image provenance is recorded per artwork.

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