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Water Lilies (Agapanthus) by Claude Monet

Claude Monet, c. 1915–26

$100.00

Item no. PD063-00

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A pond with no horizon: Claude Monet’s Water Lilies (Agapanthus) as a wide panorama, on stretched canvas, framed, or on fine art paper.

Format

Stretched canvasfrom $100 Framed canvasfrom $140 Framed printfrom $130 Fine art printfrom $100

Size

Which size fits your wall

Every size keeps the painting's own proportions. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.

16 × 8 in 41 × 20 cm

Three-seat sofa, 84 in wide × 34 in tall (213 × 86 cm)

Size	Metric	Where it works
16 × 8 in	41 × 20 cm	Plays well with others: the middle of a gallery wall, a pair side by side, or a hallway on its own.
24 × 12 in	61 × 30 cm	Holds a wall on its own above a dresser, console or sideboard. Above a bed or a sofa, hang two side by side.
32 × 16 in	81 × 41 cm	A statement piece. Big enough to anchor a living room or dining room wall alone, or to hang above a queen bed or a fireplace.
48 × 24 in	122 × 61 cm	Made for the big wall: centred above a three-seat sofa or a king bed, it fills the space like a large painting.

Rule of thumb: choose art about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it.

16 × 8 in41 × 20 cm 24 × 12 in61 × 30 cm 32 × 16 in81 × 41 cm 48 × 24 in122 × 61 cm

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Monet painted this panel more than four metres wide, and in most reproductions it sinks into murky green. Our Claude Monet water lilies print was graded beside the original, faithful to his palette but with the violets and greens separated again and the lilies catching the light, so the calm of the pond comes through at any size. It is printed as one long panel, with his signature in the lower left.

Canvas, framed or paper

Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.

Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.

Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.

Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.

Sizes

16x8 inch, 24x12 inch, 32x16 inch, 48x24 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.

On your wall

The 2:1 shape was made for long walls, above a sofa, a bed or a sideboard. At 48x24 inch it fills that wall with colour. Its violets and greens sit softly with lavender, sage and cream, and the smaller sizes suit a shelf or the space above a desk.

About the painting

Water Lilies (Agapanthus) by Claude Monet

Giverny

Monet loved gardening as much as painting. At his house in Giverny, in northern France, he built a water garden with a lily pond, and he painted it again and again for the rest of his life, about thirty years. This canvas, begun around 1915, is more than four metres (about fourteen feet) wide.

A painting without a horizon

There is no horizon here. No sky, no shore, only the water of the pond. You see sunlight sinking into it, clouds reflected on top and lilies floating. With no edge to stop your eye, the water seems to go on forever. That is why Monet’s water lilies are so easy to live with: wherever you look, there is somewhere to rest.

Impressionism

Monet made around 250 paintings of his water lilies, and each one catches a different light. This one is called Water Lilies (Agapanthus). Impressionism was all about catching light as it changes, and here Monet takes that idea as far as it can go: loose, free and full of colour.

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When Claude Monet painted this pond his eyes were failing, and yet it's one of the most peaceful things he ever made.

It's 1915, at Giverny, in the north of France.

Monet is seventy-four. He has lost his son, and there's a war on.

Years before, he made this water garden himself and watched it grow.

Now he wants to paint it bigger than ever, on canvases so wide they fill your whole view.

He builds a new studio with windows in the roof, to let in the daylight.

But his eyes are clouding over. Reds look muddy to him, and colours have lost their strength.

So he labels every tube of paint, keeps his colours in strict order, and wears a big straw hat against the glare.

And he paints only the water, with no sky and no shore, just sunlight sinking into the pond and bouncing off it.

He wants it to feel like a wave, with no horizon at all.

For eleven years, he keeps coming back to it.

When he dies, this canvas is still in his studio, and it stays there for almost thirty years.

Then it crosses the ocean, and its three panels go to three cities: Saint Louis, Kansas City and Cleveland.

Now and then they hang side by side again, and the pond is whole.

Look into the water. There's no edge here, so rest as long as you like.

Water Lilies. Claude Monet, 1915.

How each piece is brought to life

Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.

Graded against the original

We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you

Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall

It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.

Questions

Is this the original painting?

No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.

Will the colour look flat?

This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.

Will the edges be cropped?

Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.

Which size is right for my wall?

Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.

How long does it take?

Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.

What if it arrives damaged?

Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.

Can I return it?

Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.