클로드 모네는 인상주의 시기 전후로 다른 화가들과 달리 '영원한 인상주의자'로 자처하며 평생을 살았다. 모네는 프랑스 파리에서 태어났지만 유년기를 항구도시 '르 아브르'에서 보내며 10대 때부터 유명인들의 캐리커처를 팔 정도로 그림의 재능을 보였다. 그 곳에서 외광파 화가 외젠 부댕을 만나 야외에서 풍경 그림을 그리기 시작했다. 모네에게 '겉모습으로서의 현실', 빛이 보여주는 세상의 피부'는 매순간 변화하며 생성되는 과정에 있었고, 이를 포착하려는 노력은 새로운 기법을 낳았다. 빛의 변화를 화폭에 담기 시작한 모네는 파리로 향했다. 빛의 변화를 포착하려는 붓은 속도를 내야 했고, 그 결과로 그림에는 짧게 끊어지는 자유분방하고 거친 붓자국이 가득하다. 이곳에서 기존 아카데미즘 답습에 반대한 청년화가들과 교우하며 보수적인 미술계 개혁에 앞장선다. 이들과 함께 1874년 전시회를 개최하며 이때 인상주의라는 말이 등장했다. 그는 인상주의를 끝까지 고수하며 동일한 사물이 빛의 변화에 따라 어떻게 변화하는지 끊임없이 탐색했다. 그가 지베르니 정원에서 30여 년간 그린 연작 '수련' 300여 점은 그의 위대한 걸작으로 평가 받는다.
The Marina at Argenteuil, 1872
40.0 X 30.0 cm
Sunlight Effect under the Poplars
101.6 X 68.0 cm
Tulip Fields with The Rijnsburg Windmill, 1886
40.0 X 32.5 cm
The Road to Bas-Breau, Fontainebleau (Le Pave de Chailly), c.1865
40.0 X 28.5 cm
Regatta At Argenteuil
40.0 X 26.0 cm
The Water Lilies-Clear Morning with Willows (수련-버드나무가 드리워진 맑은 아침)
100.0 X 15.0 cm
Landscape at Vetheuil, c.1880
40.0 X 30.0 cm
The Island of La Grande Jatte
40.0 X 30.0 cm
Nympheas
142.3 X 96.6 cm
Argenteuil, c.1872-5
40.0 X 33.5 cm
By the River at Vernon, 1883
40.0 X 32.5 cm
The Marina at Argenteuil, 1872
70.0 X 53.0 cm
Impression: Sunrise
40.0 X 30.0 cm
Poppy Field at Argenteuil
101.6 X 68.0 cm
Sunflowers, 1881
101.6 X 125.8 cm
The Artist's Garden at Giverny
15.0 X 15.0 cm
The Magpie, 1869
40.0 X 27.0 cm
Jeanne Marguerite Lecadre in Her Garden, 1866
40.0 X 32.0 cm
Waterlilies and Willow Branches
40.0 X 30.8 cm
Vetheuil in Summer
40.0 X 24.6 cm
Nympheas at Giverny
50.0 X 25.0 cm
The Parc Monceau, Paris
101.6 X 68.0 cm
Sunflowers, 1881
34.3 X 40.0 cm
Woman With A Parasol-Madame Monet and Her Son (파라솔을 든 여인)
26.7 X 40.0 cm
The Seine River
142.3 X 96.6 cm
Water Lily Pond, 1899
30.0 X 30.0 cm
Woman with Parasol
15.0 X 20.0 cm
Regatta at Sainte-Adresse
40.0 X 26.7 cm
Water Lilies (수련)
27.0 X 30.0 cm
Poppy Field At Argenteuil
125.8 X 101.6 cm
Wild Poppies, Near Argenteuil
40.0 X 30.8 cm
The Artist's Garden at Vetheuil, 1880 (베퇴유 정원)
32.0 X 40.0 cm
Sea Roses (Yellow Nirwana), 1920 (수련)
50.0 X 25.0 cm
Water Lilies with Reflections
122.0 X 40.5 cm
Red Boats, Argenteuil, 1875
40.0 X 30.0 cm
View of Vetheuil
30.0 X 40.0 cm
Jerusalem Artichoke Flowers (뚱딴지 꽃)
24.5 X 35.0 cm
Waterlilies
30.0 X 30.0 cm
Garden at Sainte-Adresse
40.0 X 30.8 cm
Apples and Grapes
40.0 X 30.8 cm
Water Lilies
40.0 X 30.0 cm
Waterlilies
15.0 X 15.0 cm
The Artist's House at Argenteuil
125.8 X 101.6 cm
The Japanese Foot bridge And The Water Lily Pool, Giverny (수련과 다리)
30.0 X 30.0 cm
Wild Poppies, near Argenteuil
15.0 X 15.0 cm
Nympheas IV
90.0 X 40.0 cm
Chrysanthemums, 1882
101.6 X 125.8 cm
Waterlilies
14.0 X 14.0 cm
Irises (Detail)
101.6 X 125.8 cm
View of Bordighera, 1884
40.0 X 32.0 cm
Les glaçons ou Débâcle sur la Seine (세느강 위의 얼음)
40.0 X 25.0 cm
Springtime
15.0 X 15.0 cm
Clifftop Walk at Pourville (절벽위의 산책)
15.0 X 15.0 cm
Nympheas at Giverny
15.0 X 15.0 cm
Wild Poppies, near Argenteuil
14.0 X 14.0 cm
Snow Effect with Setting Sun, 1875
40.0 X 33.5 cm
Snow at Argenteuil, 1874
40.0 X 30.0 cm
The Parc Monceau
30.0 X 40.0 cm
The Road at Giverny in Winter, 1885
40.0 X 32.0 cm
The Water Lily Pond (수련)
50.0 X 25.0 cm
Regatta at Argenteuil
80.0 X 52.0 cm
The Luncheon
15.0 X 15.0 cm
Poppy Fields near Argenteuil
40.0 X 28.6 cm
Clifftop Walk at Pourville (절벽위의 산책)
14.0 X 14.0 cm
Houses on the Achterzaan
40.0 X 26.7 cm
Chemin dans les bles a Pourville, 1882
86.0 X 66.0 cm
Argenteuil, c.1872-5
70.0 X 60.0 cm
The Seine at Giverny, Morning Mists, 1897
61.0 X 81.0 cm
Three Fishing Boats (세 척의 고기잡이배)
40.0 X 31.4 cm
Spring in Giverny
101.6 X 101.6 cm
The Seine at Lavacourt (라바쿠르의 센느강)
40.0 X 26.8 cm
[루나섹액자포함] Apples and Grapes
78.0 X 58.0 cm
Die Treppe
60.0 X 80.0 cm
Chrysanthemums, 1882
33.3 X 40.0 cm
Water Lilies, c. 1914-1917
66.0 X 91.0 cm
Boulevard Saint-Denis, Argenteuil, in Winter, 1875
40.0 X 30.0 cm
Falaise d'Etretat, 1883
40.0 X 30.0 cm
Water Lilies
18.0 X 18.0 cm
Le pont japonais-bassin aux nympheas
61.0 X 81.0 cm
The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil
40.0 X 24.6 cm
The Path through the Irises
27.5 X 30.0 cm
The Artist's Garden in Argenteuil (아젠틸 정원)
40.0 X 30.0 cm
The Seine at Vetheuil
40.0 X 22.9 cm
The Riverbank at Gennevilliers, c.1875
40.0 X 30.0 cm
The Manneporte near Etretat
33.3 X 40.0 cm
The Argenteuil Bridge (아르장퇴유 다리)
40.0 X 31.4 cm
Venice At Sunset
40.0 X 30.0 cm
Seerosen
40.0 X 30.0 cm
Wisteria (등나무)
40.0 X 30.0 cm
Jean Monet on His Hobby Horse
40.0 X 33.3 cm
Flowering Plum Trees (개화기 자두나무)
40.0 X 31.4 cm
The Japanese Foot bridge and the Water Lily Pool, Giverny (수련과 다리)
30.0 X 30.0 cm
Twilight, Venice, 1908 (황혼, 베니스)
15.0 X 15.0 cm
Springtime
14.0 X 14.0 cm
Cabin of the Customs Watch
40.0 X 28.6 cm
Train in the Countryside (시골기차)
40.0 X 28.6 cm
Wild Poppies
48.0 X 33.0 cm
The Valley of the Nervia
40.0 X 33.3 cm
Nympheas at Giverny
14.0 X 14.0 cm
The Luncheon
14.0 X 14.0 cm
In the Garden at Argenteuil
28.6 X 40.0 cm
The Church at Vetheuil, Snow, 1878-79
40.0 X 30.0 cm
Water Lilies
40.0 X 26.7 cm
Rapids on the Petite Creuse at Fresselines
40.0 X 28.6 cm
The Bodmer Oak, Fontainebleau Forest
40.0 X 28.6 cm
The Four Trees
30.0 X 30.0 cm
Boating
40.0 X 30.0 cm
Palm Trees at Bordighera
40.0 X 30.8 cm
Antibes, 1888
36.0 X 28.0 cm
Ice Floes
40.0 X 26.7 cm
View Of Bordighera, 1884
15.0 X 15.0 cm
Spring (Fruit Trees in Bloom)
40.0 X 24.6 cm
The Stroller (Suzanne Hoschede)
28.0 X 40.0 cm
Île aux Fleurs near Vétheuil
40.0 X 33.3 cm
The Green Wave
40.0 X 28.6 cm
Dr. Leclenche, 1864
26.7 X 40.0 cm
Haystacks (Effect of Snow and Sun)
40.0 X 28.6 cm
View Of Bordighera, 1884
14.0 X 14.0 cm
The Cliff at Varengeville, 1882
36.0 X 28.0 cm
Water Lilies
40.0 X 37.7 cm
Suzanne Reading And Blanche Painting
30.0 X 27.5 cm
Gardens at Bordighera, 1884
36.0 X 28.0 cm
La Corniche near Monaco, 1884
40.0 X 31.3 cm
Woman with A Parasol-Madame Monet and Her Son (파라솔을 든 여인)
49.6 X 70.0 cm
Wild Poppies
36.0 X 28.0 cm
Water Lilies
32.0 X 40.0 cm
The Lindens of Poissy, 1882
32.0 X 40.0 cm
The Lunch, 1872
40.0 X 31.8 cm
Waterlilies (green)
50.0 X 24.7 cm
Water Lilies with Reflections
50.0 X 16.7 cm
Waterlilies and Willow Branches
40.0 X 26.7 cm