The Water-Lily Pond

The artist’s focus on the surface of the water-lily pond results in a flatness that is unprecedented in landscape painting. Reflections of the weeping willow and the clouds are indicated with smudges of paint. The picture can be imagined beyond its edges. Around the time this painting was created, Claude Monet began working on the water-lily panoramas that were installed in the Musée de l’Orangerie after his death.