Claude Oscar Monet (1840-1926) was a founder of French impressionist painting, "Water Lilies" is not a name of a single painting, but a name of a series of works. During his lifetime, Claude Monet comes back to this subject matter several times, and painted more than 250 water lilies paintings. Monet's Water Lilies are among the most iconic images of Impressionism.1923/Giverny