By Jackie Wullschläger - Author, Monet: The Restless Vision Bridge Over the Water Lily Pond, 1905 ... secured access to his wife’s money and jewelry boxes. This, too, made international ...

Sotheby’s sold a Claude Monet “Water Lilies” scene for $65.5 million on Monday, a solid start to a weeklong series of New ...

That was 66 years ago. The Portland Art Museum bought “Waterlilies” in 1959 for $60,000 (just over $650,000 in today’s money, ...

It is best known for its enlarged "Water Lilies" paintings by Claude Monet. The eight massive paintings are divided across two oval rooms that are filled with natural light from a glass roof.