Claude Monet: A Century After His Death, the Nymphéas Testament
Claude Monet died a century ago, one year before the inauguration of his Nymphéas at the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris. The painter donated the cycle to the French State following the carnage of the First World War. The question posed is how this testamentary work transformed painting.
Key facts
- Claude Monet died one century ago.
- His death occurred one year before the Nymphéas were inaugurated at the Musée de l'Orangerie.
- Monet offered the Nymphéas to the French State.
- The gift followed the slaughter of the First World War.
- The Nymphéas are described as a testamentary work.
- The work is said to have overturned painting.
- The Nymphéas are housed at the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris.
Entities
Artists
Institutions
- Musée de l'Orangerie
- Le Journal des Arts
Locations
- Paris
- France