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Group: Giverny Artist: Claude MONET Birth/Death: 1840–1926 Title: Irises in Monet's garden Date Made: 1900 Lender: Musé d'Orsay, Paris The dazzling Irises in Monet’s garden, with its almost suffocating density of colour — was influenced by the equally sensuous Japanese screens representing flowers on a gold ground that reflects light (see Bush clover, pampas grass and chrysanthemum, attributed to So¯setsu). More details Click image to enlarge