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PARIS - A recent visit to the Musee de l'Orangerie in Paris was a joy. When I had tried to see Claude Oscar Monet's famous waterlily paintings in 2005, I was disappointed that the museum had been closed for a renovation, which had begun in 2000. Now the finished construction allows natural light to flow through the glass ceiling, illuminating the soothing water garden paintings and creating a calm, meditative oasis in what is normally a busy, noisy city.
Between 1918 and his death in 1926, Monet created and continually reworked his "Water Lilies" series, known in France as the "Nympheas." Each of the eight paintings is six-feet, six-inches tall and they vary from 19 feet to 55 feet long. The museum curators arranged them in two oval rooms - four paintings in each. Laid out east to west, the rooms together form an infinity symbol.See the full content of this document
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Missouri Traveler in Paris Delights in Monet
Four paintings represent four sunrises and sunsets. Monet painted them without any horizon, so viewers feel enveloped in the settings. The collection includes "Morning," "Clouds," "Green Reflections," "Setting Sun," "Reflections of Trees," "Cle...
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