Blue space is associated with its benefits for physical and mental wellbeing. In Georgian times, it started to be fashionable for the wealthy to take retreats to the seaside or spa towns for their health and disposition. And since the Victorian popularity of the railway, it became possible for more and more people to enjoy this remedy. Likewise today, urbanites take refuge around blue spaces for bank holiday weekends to recover from their stressful weeks. French Impressionist Claude Monet often painted oils of water scenes, which frequently featured his signature water lilies and cliffs. Many of these paintings can be enjoyed for their calming and wellbeing benefits.

Artists featured in this Curation: Claude Monet (1840–1926)

10 artworks

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Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

Waterlilies 1905
Claude Monet (1840–1926)
Oil on canvas
H 81.9 x W 101 cm
Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

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Image credit: National Galleries of Scotland

Poplars on the Epte 1891
Claude Monet (1840–1926)
Oil on canvas
H 81.8 x W 81.3 cm
National Galleries of Scotland

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Image credit: Glasgow Life Museums

View of Ventimiglia 1884
Claude Monet (1840–1926)
Oil on canvas
H 65.1 x W 91.7 cm
Glasgow Life Museums

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Image credit: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

La falaise à Fécamp, France 1881
Claude Monet (1840–1926)
Oil on canvas
H 65 x W 81.1 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

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Image credit: The National Gallery, London

The Water-Lily Pond 1899
Claude Monet (1840–1926)
Oil on canvas
H 88.3 x W 93.1 cm
The National Gallery, London

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Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

Waterlilies 1906
Claude Monet (1840–1926)
Oil on canvas
H 81.6 x W 92.7 cm
Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

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Image credit: The Fitzwilliam Museum

Springtime 1886
Claude Monet (1840–1926)
Oil on canvas
H 64.8 x W 80.6 cm
The Fitzwilliam Museum

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Image credit: The National Gallery, London

The Beach at Trouville 1870
Claude Monet (1840–1926)
Oil on canvas
H 38 x W 46.5 cm
The National Gallery, London

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Image credit: The National Gallery, London

Bathers at La Grenouillère 1869
Claude Monet (1840–1926)
Oil on canvas
H 73 x W 92 cm
The National Gallery, London

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Image credit: The Fitzwilliam Museum

The Rock Needle and Porte d'Aval, Etrétat 1885 (?)
Claude Monet (1840–1926)
Oil on canvas
H 64.8 x W 81 cm
The Fitzwilliam Museum

Claude Monet (1840–1926)

Wellbeing and Water Lilies

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