he felt like it
It is an oil of water lilies . Actually, he painted several of this painting.
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.
Because he loved his water lily pond, which always looked different from the day before.
There are many candidates, perhaps one of the many pictures he painted of his water lilies. Or the one that gave the movement its name:Impression, Sunrise.
He was an impressionist so it is very likely that he painted using the plenair technique.
Surely water lilies which he painted for 30 years. Well, we can't surely determine what was the favorite flower of Claude Monet since there is no any document that verify such fact. But among his numerous subjects are water lilies and sunflowers.
'Impression - Sunrise', 'Poppies', 'The Japanese Bridge'. Note! He painted dozens of different paintings called 'Water Lilies'
"Claude Monet" Painted Water Lily Pool
"Claude Monet" Painted Water Lily Pool
Claude Monet
Water lilies
Two things: 1) He painted water lilies during the last 30 years of his life, which means there are literally hundreds of those paintings. 2) The lilies grew in the pond he had arranged in his garden at Giverny, about 80 km from Paris.