Because he loved his water lily pond, which always looked different from the day before.
Claude Monet
In 1897, if you mean Claude Monet. "When did HE paint ...? is an impossible question. How can I know who you mean????
Because they were his favorite subject between the 1890s and 1926.
He made hundreds of water lilies paintings, in all colors and shades.
Water Lilies is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet. The paintings depict Monet's flower garden at Giverny and were the main focus of Monet's artistic production during the last thirty years of his life. Many of the works were painted while Monet suffered from cataracts. The paintings are on display at museums all over the world.
He was an impressionist so it is very likely that he painted using the plenair technique.
Claude Monet did.
this is not a name 72 wold be if you said Claude Monet
The Salon.
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Water Lilies
Monet was 10 years old when he first started to paint.