the japanese footbridge claude monet

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Claude Monet, Water Lily Royalty Free Stock Photo

Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899 Royalty Free Stock Photo

Photo of the original painting `The Japanese Footbridge` by Claude Monet Royalty Free Stock Photo

Water Lilies is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet Royalty Free Stock Photo

Lush and luminous, The Japanese Bridge immerses us in the physical experience of being in the garden. With the bands of the blue bridge suspended like a canopy near the top of the canvas and no sky to be seen, the water and billowing foliage fill the visual field, immersing the viewer in the verdant, brightly colored waterscape. Cool blue and green tones predominate, but are balanced by the pink, white, and yellow lilies floating in complex pattern across the surface of the water from near to far. Controlled, vertical dabs of paint define the sparkling greenery and its fleeting reflection in the water, while the more fluid lilies are rendered with broad, textured, horizontal strokes that emphasize the shared physicality of the paint and the landscape.