Claude Monet
Claude Monet’s 1905 Nympheas painting sold last night, 7th November 2012, for $43 million! The water-lily painting was estimated to fetch between $30 – $50 Million so it managed to reach the high-end of the pre-sale estimate. Considering 30% of the paintings being sold at Christie’s failed to find buyers and not to forget Monet’s [...]
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Tomorrow, November 7th 2012, at Christie’s New York, Claude Monet’s Nympheas, painted in 1905 is to go up for auction and is estimated to fetch between $30 – $50 Million! Claude Monet‘s paintings of his now famous water lily pond are probably the most admired masterpieces in the world. Between 1905 and 1908, Monet [...]
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Ever since we decided to go to Paris for the weekend, I started nagging my husband to stop over in Argenteuil. You see, we’ve hand-painted quite a lot of art reproductions of Monet’s Bridge at Argenteuil then there’s Renoir’s painting of Claude Monet Painting in His Garden at Argenteuil, 1873 and Renoir’s painting entitled: The [...]
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As Monet’s Japanese Footbridge is our art reproduction of the month, I thought I’d show you our actual reproduction oil painting of it. Monet moved from Paris to Giverny in 1883 where he lived until his death. The Japanese Foot-bridge, which spans across the water-lily pond he created, appears in several of his works from [...]
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Monet’s Les Peupliers is set to fetch $25 Million dollars at Christie’s New York on May 4th 2011 Les Peupliers was actually bought in 2000 for just over $7 Million, 11 years later it’s expected to sell for $25 Million, that’s quite a good return on your investment! The auction record for a Monet was [...]
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La Grenouillere Having just come back from Giverny, I thought I’d have to include a post on Monet having seen his wonderful gardens and house. Monet’s & Renoir’s paintings of La Grenouillere really interest me as we’ve done art reproductions of both and they’re surprisingly different. Surprising, as they painted their paintings at the same [...]
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Claude Monet’s 1906 Painting “Nympheas” Failed to Reach it’s Estimated Value of 30 – 40 Million Pounds A few days ago my husband and I went to Christie’s London for their sale preview where you’re able to view some seriously impressive artwork that has now gone under the hammer. I highly recommend going to these [...]
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