What is the name of the series of paintings by Claude Monet?
Q: What is the name of the series of paintings by Claude Monet?
A: The series of paintings is called Water Lilies (or Nymphéas).
Q: How many oil paintings are in the series?
A: The series consists of about 250 oil paintings.
Q: Where were the paintings created?
A: The paintings were created in Monet's flower garden at Giverny.
Q: When did Monet start painting this series?
A: Monet started painting this series in 1893, after having a pond dug and planted with lilies in his garden.
Q: How long did he work on this large-scale decorative series?
A: He worked continuously for more than twenty years on this large-scale decorative series.
Q: When was the first exhibition of these works held?
A: The first exhibition was held in 1909 at the Paris gallery of his art dealer, Paul Durand-Ruel.
Q: In which museums can we find these works today?
A: These works can be found today in museums all over the world, including the Musée Marmottan Monet and the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Carnegie Museum of Art and National Museum of Wales, among others.
