In 2018, French painter Laurence Saunois visited the water lily garden of the master of Impressionism, Claude Monet, at Giverny. She was overcome by its beauty and came away imbued with a passion that has gripped her ever since: To paint the brightness of colors and the incredible play of the light that inspired Monet there so many years ago. The result is her monumental project, Nympheus Luminansis, a series of ten large-scale paintings depicting the water lilies of Giverny. Though painted in a realistic style, very different from Monet, these works pay homage to the master by allowing the viewer to be immersed in the beauty of the natural world that inspired him.

Tour Produced by David J. Wagner, L.L.C., David J. Wagner, Ph.D., Curator/Tour Director