The Water Lilies

Nymphéas / 1914–1926

Claude Monet

Claude Monet, The Water Lilies (1914–1926) — via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and edited / Public Domain

A monumental set of eight compositions designed as a unique environment in two elliptical rooms. Gifted to the French State as a symbol of peace after the 1918 Armistice, it is described as the "Sistine Chapel of Impressionism.”