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MONET, Claude: Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies

🖼 Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies, 1899
Oil on canvas
93 × 74 cm
New York, USA

Soft brushwork captures dappled light reflecting across still water, where a Japanese bridge arcs gracefully above blooming lilies. Monet's series exemplifies Impressionism's revolution—prioritizing fleeting light and color over realistic detail, transforming gardens into shimmering meditations on perception itself.

Monet. the Triumph of Impressionism
Monet. the Triumph of Impressionism
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