Art Study: Monet's Water Lillies. Who: Claude Monet (1840-1926), What: Water Lillies, When: 1906, Where: painted in his garden in France, can be seen at the Art Institute of Chicago; Why: liked to pain outdoors even when cloudy; How: oil on canvas, impressionist style, 35 3/8"x37 1/16" (let student measure with tape). Monet painted dozens of canvases of water lillies over decades and they can be viewed all over the world, including Dallas, New York, and Israel.
