In 1918, the day after the Armistice was signed, Monet gave a group of paintings to the French nation as a ‘monument to peace’. They were known as the ‘Water-Lilies,’ and continue to captivate visitors almost a century later.
— Read on www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/past/monet-the-water-garden-at-giverny
Monet: The Water Garden at Giverny | Past exhibitions | National Gallery, London
