Not all paintings feature pretty flowers, green gardens, lily ponds, or happy women enjoying life. Some are about violence, ...

A Water Lilies painting in the collection of the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. Barney Burstein / Corbis / VCG via ...

1 Jul - While her mother is still taking a break from the limelight, Dee Hsu's second daughter Lily Hsu recently held her ...

The painting resists easy answers, and that resistance is what makes it so compelling and what draws the eye back to the work again and again. Ultimately, “Water Lilies, Reflections of Weeping ...

From 1890 to 1926, Monet would create more than 250 paintings of the water lilies. He had found his subject and there would be no need for another. Besides, ...

But even amid Monet’s hundreds of water lily paintings, the one on display at the Portland Art Museum stands out. Because ...

Bridge Over the Water Lily Pond, 1905.In earlier works, Monet painted the footbridge in a crisp, distinct arc. Here, its faint, shadowy curves blend into greenery of the natural surroundings.

That was 66 years ago. The Portland Art Museum bought “Waterlilies” in 1959 for $60,000 (just over $650,000 in today’s money, though pieces from Monet’s water lily collection now sell for ...