The Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge is actually one of a series of paintings, of the sixteen canvases that were planned only 12 were brought to completion. During the last thirty years of his life the Impressionist Claude Monet devoted himself to a series of famous landscape paintings of his water gardens at Giverny. Image by Michal Osmenda via Flickr This painting, one of many views of the Japanese bridge that spanned the pond, appears static at first glance, but is … But Lichtenstein was a fan of Monet and made a series of rarely ... where Monet’s Japanese bridge was recreated. He painted over forty versions of the Japanese Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies. The Japanese Bridge by Claude Monet (1918) The Japanese Bridge by Claude Monet depicts the footbridge over the lily pond at Monet’s Giverney Gardens. A founding member of the Impressionist movement in the late 1800s, Claude Monet was interested in direct observation and perceptual study, particularly depicting the effects of light and shadow on color. Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge, 1899 - by Claude Monet ... Monet painted his exquisite canvases based on his water lily pond and the wooden Japanese bridge that he had constructed in 1895 (Monet had long been an admirer of Japanese woodcuts and design). Claude Monet Japanese Bridge Painting. The Japanese Footbridge is among Monet’s last paintings of this subject, made between 1920 and 1922. Among the 12 works was the National Gallery's Japanese Footbridge. You have here a rather aggressive series of oranges and maroons and burgundies and golds that are really quite a departure from the creamy blues and greens and pinks of most of the water lily paintings. It exhibits five paintings from Monet’s Water Lilies series from the artist’s later years. Monet expanded his pond by diverting water from the Epte River. In 1899, Monet painted 12 works from a single vantage point, focusing on the arching blue–green bridge and the microcosm of his water garden. Familiar with Giverny, he is photographed on the Japanese bridge at Monet’s house, with the painter and his niece Mrs Furoki, by his side, dressed in a kimono. Monet surrounded the pond with […] In 1883 Monet turned a small pond on at Giverney into an Asian-influenced water garden. Among these Water Lilies paintings (1897-1926) was a smaller series of eighteen views of the wooden Japanese footbridge over his pond, which he … While the paintings in the earlier series are more naturalistic in style, the later works feature dense swirls and loose strokes of color that almost obscure the form of the bridge. A proponent of en plein air painting, Monet is most famous for his series depicting haystacks (1891), poplars (1892), the Rouen Cathedral (1894), and water lilies (1910-20). View of Claude Monet’s house and garden in Giverny. These paintings are included in his famous Water Lilies series. Curator, Ann Temkin: This painting of The Japanese Footbridge is one of a series from the early 1920s, which is unique in Monet's work for its palette. Art museums showcasing a Claude Monet Japanese Bridge Painting, include: Musee D’Orsay in Paris; Marmottan Monet Museum, Paris; Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Throughout his lifetime, he painted more than two hundred paintings featuring this motif. By focusing on different sections of the pond, and the ever-changing reflective nature of the water, Monet created a series of seemingly infinite variety out of a single subject. Monet started painting the water lilies in 1899, initially in vertical views with the Japanese bridge as a dominant motif and later in the series of large-scale.