A monumental square format
The two meters in height and width prevent a simply decorative reading. The gaze circulates between the rare patterns and the large areas of color.
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Artwork description
Claude Monet · 1914 -1917 · Chichu Art Museum · W1812
Vast blue water occupies the entire square format. A few yellow-green leaves float to the left and bottom, while a purple reflection descends to the center. The dark grasses on the edge appear without forming a continuous edge. This painting from 1914 -1917 is one of five Monets presented in natural light at the Chichu Art Museum.

Look at the work
The upper area is the most open. Blue varies from turquoise to cobalt, with gray and purple passages. The leaves are grouped mainly on the left, of different sizes, and a small red flower creates an anchor point.
At the bottom, vertical olive and dark green gestures suggest the plants seen through the water. A large purple shape descends from the top, like the diffuse reflection of a tree or a cloud. Their superposition makes the depth deliberately indecisive.
The canvas is held together by its rarity: few leaves, few flowers, but an immense blue field where each variation changes the perception of water.
Composition, touch and light
Three precise elements allow us to understand this composition and the essential difficulties of faithful reproduction.
The two meters in height and width prevent a simply decorative reading. The gaze circulates between the rare patterns and the large areas of color.
Grasses appear at the bottom but do not close the pool. They mix with reflections and let the water occupy the entire field.
At the Chichu Art Museum, Monet's room uses natural light. The museum, mainly underground, was designed by Tadao Ando to unite works and space.
Reference image
The Chichu Handbook's unique reference image measures 1,900 × 1,896 px. It has been converted into a true WebP at its native resolution, without artificial enlargement.
The main group must maintain its position and its gaps. Dispersing the leaves further would modify the large asymmetrical balance of the canvas.
Turquoise, cobalt, gray, green and purple overlap. Reproduction should avoid a uniform blue, especially in the large upper area.
The bottom grasses and central reflection cross the water in long marks. Their relative transparency distinguishes the depth of the simple floating pattern.
Documented benchmarks
This information concerns the Water Lilies of the Chichu Art Museum, Wildenstein 1812.
This oil on canvas from 1914 -1917 measures 200 × 200 cm. It is kept at the Chichu Art Museum in Naoshima and corresponds to number 1812 of the catalog raisonné.
The museum exhibits five works from the Water Lilies cycle. Together, they show several formats and several ways to transform the Giverny basin.
The Tadao Ando building is mainly underground, but the Monet Room receives natural light which changes the perception of colors during the day.
Your reproduction
Fidelity here depends on precise relationships between light, touch, depth and color temperature.
| Title | Water lilies, Chichu W1812 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Claude Monet (1840 -1926) |
| Date | 1914 - 1917 |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 200 × 200 cm |
| Orientation | Square |
| Conservation | Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima, Japan |
| Inventory | Wildenstein 1812 |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
Presentation in your interior
Cobalt blue, turquoise, mauve, olive green and yellow give this square reproduction a calm and contemporary presence. It is suitable for a large light wall, with natural wood or concrete.
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