Hundreds of the most famous paintings ever committed to canvas almost never came into being — all because of a group of paranoid French farmers, an exhibition curator has revealed. Claude Monet ...

These days, it seems that whenever a hammer hits, Monet makes headlines. Just last month, the French Impressionist’s shimmering Haystacks (Meules, 1980) fetched a staggering $110.7 million at ...

Anyone who has stood before Claude Monet's monumental Water Lily paintings may recall feeling dissolved into their world of ineffable light and seemingly perfect tranquility. A new book makes clear ...

Monet at work in his large studio, 1910. From "Mad Enchantment," by Ross King.(Getty) Mad Enchantment sounds like an oxymoron, but it fairly summarizes historian Ross King's depiction of the pain, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One of impressionist master Claude Monet’s Water Lilies triptychs, separated 50 years ago and sold to three museums, has been reunited in a multifaceted exhibit that highlights not ...

Question: When, if ever, is a museum justified in describing a tiny exhibition of nine paintings as a "blockbuster" show? Answer: When those nine paintings are all by French Impressionist master ...

Christie’s announced Thursday that it will offer Claude Monet‘s painting Le bassin aux nymphéas (1917-1919) at its 20th Century evening sale in New York this November. The painting, which will sell ...

LONDON – A water lily painting by impressionist master Claude Monet sold for more than $80 million at auction Tuesday, kicking off a week of modern-art sales expected to reach records that defy the ...

As widely recognized as Leonardo da Vinci’s "Mona Lisa" or Edvard Munch’s "The Scream," one of Claude Monet's celebrated "Water Lilies" paintings has made its debut at the Speed Art Museum, 2035 S.

An exhibition at the Kimbell Art Museum offers American a rare chance to revel in the beauty of his late style. Claude Monet in front of his house in Giverny, 1921. Photo Courtesy of Musee d'Orsay, ...

Christie’s is selling a painting from Claude Monet’s earliest Nymphéas series at the first evening auction taking place in its new Hong Kong headquarters this fall. Nymphéas (Water Lilies), painted ...

A painting of a pond of water lilies by French impressionist Claude Monet brought in roughly $24.1 million at auction in Beijing, the highest price for a Western artist’s work ever sold in mainland ...