Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 16 May features two paintings by pioneering artist Claude Monet. Marking two distinct moments within Monet’s trajectory, the works ‘Vétheuil’ and ‘Le Bassin Aux Nymphéas.’ Watch the...

Learn more about Claude Monet's paintings of water lilies.

Learn simple techniques for how to draw with oil pastels. We'll also learn about the art master and father of impressionism, Claude Monet.

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Claude Monet's 'Water Lilies' series, inspired by the lily pond in his garden at Giverny, are amongst the most celebrated Impressionist paintings. Helena Newman, Sotheby's, and Ann Dumas, Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts, introduce...

Philip Hook explores this rare and stunning painting of Venice by Claude Monet, the top lot of the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale in London. Learn Moreref='https://www.sothebyAppom' target='_blank' rel='nofolNewsletter/a>...

Monet uses color and composition to draw your eye to the water and plant life below a Japanese-style bridge in his impressionistic painting.

In this educational video, we delve into the fascinating world of Impressionism and its origins in the mid-1800s in Paris. We explore how the camera played a pivotal role in inspiring a group of young artists to rebel against traditional...

Use inspiration from art history, Claude Monet, to learn how to draw with oil pastels. Want the supplies in this video? Visit us at indigoartbox.com.

Impressionism is one of the best known and loved movements in Art History, but why? We present a case for why Impressionism is interesting and worth your attention and admiration, beyond the famous names behind it of Claude Monet, Berthe...

Claude Monet once remarked that his life had been spent “pursuing the impossible”. From the clifftops of Le Havre to daybreak at the Seine, his constant search for that wondrous combination of subject, color and light led him to create...

A new exhibition at Tate Liverpool compares the work of J.M.W. Turner, Claude Monet and Cy Twombly during the last decades of their lives. In this film, we explore the parallels in their style and subject matter with Mike Leigh, who...

Claude Monet led the way in art history as the father of French Impressionism. But his paintings of water lilies and peonies weren’t confined to canvas. In addition to his work as a painter, Monet maintained stunning gardens, the...

Shortly after settling in Giverny, Claude Monet became fascinated with the effects of light on the countryside of France. Starting in 1890, he began his “series” paintings — Haystacks, the Rouen Cathedral, and water lilies — that would...

Watch the play of light across the facade of the Rouen Cathedral as captured by Claude Monet in 1892-94. The scene is set with an early architectural photograph of the church created by brothers Louis-Auguste and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson...

Claude Monet’s 'Marée basse aux Petites-Dalles' from 1884 is from the collection of Mamdouha and Elmer Bobst. It is a key highlight of Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening sale on 9 May in New York.