Once you've seen Monet's waterlily paintings and walked his lily pond, you'll agree with the French art critic Rene Jean who described Monet as the "Raphael of water".
The French poet Paul Claudel said: "Thanks to water, he has become the painter of what we cannot see. He addresses that invisible spiritual surface that separates light from reflection. Airy azure captive of liquid azure ... Color rises from the bottom of the water in clouds, in whirlpools."
(Quotes source: p262 Art of Our Century, by Jean-Louis Ferrier and Yann Le Pichon)
The French poet Paul Claudel said: "Thanks to water, he has become the painter of what we cannot see. He addresses that invisible spiritual surface that separates light from reflection. Airy azure captive of liquid azure ... Color rises from the bottom of the water in clouds, in whirlpools."
(Quotes source: p262 Art of Our Century, by Jean-Louis Ferrier and Yann Le Pichon)