CNN —. Several early works by one of the world's most renowned Impressionist painters, Claude Monet, are to be put up for sale by the British auction house Sotheby's, with a combined The Nymphéas pictures, created at the lily-pond behind Monet's house at Giverny, were the last serial undertaking of the artist's life, and they represent some of his most free and profound explorations of nature and art. Monet moved to Giverny in 1883, when it was a village of a mere 279 inhabitants. Initially he rented his house there, but when the opportunity arose in 1890, he bought the 3. How much is a Monet painting worth? The value of a Claude painting can vary greatly depending on factors such as its rarity, condition, size, subject matter, and provenance. Some of Monet's works have sold for tens of millions of dollars, while others have fetched hundreds of millions at auctions. An expert appraisal is necessary to The vegetation in the background, the lake, and the bridge in the foreground show Claude Monet's love for outdoor art. (Fact: Bridge Over a Pond of Lillies is one of the most celebrated "Water Lily" paintings and is worth $84.6 million.) Title: Bridge Over A Pond Of Lilies. Date of Creation: 1899. Claude Monet was enormously impressed by the brightly coloured bulb fields of Holland. In the early spring of 1886, he wrote to a friend that the sight was 'impossible to convey with our poor colours'. Monet had been to the Netherlands before, but was painting the sea of flowers for the first time.

Back in Paris, he sold the painting via art dealers Boussod, Valadon & Cie, where By Lucy Rees. April 20, 2021. To cap off the successful Sotheby's Modern Art evening live-streamed sale in Hong Kong on April 18, a stunning painting by Claude Monet from his famous "Water Lilies" series was revealed to a global audience. The work, titled Le Bassin aux Nympheas, will be hitting the block during the Impressionist and Claude Monet: 1891 November 16, 2016: Christie's, New York: $98.7 $84.7 Nymphéas en fleur: Claude Monet: 1914-1917 May 8, 2018: David and Peggy Rockefeller: Xin Li-Cohen: Christie's, New York ~$98 ~$75 (€50-60) Darmstadt Madonna: Hans Holbein: 1526 July 12, 2011: Donatus, Landgrave of Hesse: Reinhold Würth: Private sale via Monet created several groups of paintings exploring the color, light, and form of a single subject at various times of day, but his Rouen Cathedral series was his most intense effort on a single site. He painted there in late winter in both 1892 and 1893, then reworked his thirty canvases from memory in the studio through 1894. Édouard Manet, " Chez Tortoni " (C. 1875) | Stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990 | Value: priceless. Johannes Vermeer, " The Concert " (C. 1665) | Stolen from the Ross King's "Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies" is an engaging and authoritative portrait of the aged artist and his travails. By 1920, Monet was twice 2Rqt3d.