Nymphéas is the botanical name for white water lilies. Monet cultivated them in the water garden he had laid out in 1893 on his Giverny estate. From the 1910s until the painter's death in 1926, the garden and its pond, in particular, became his sole source of inspiration. He says: "I went back to things that were impossible to do: water with grass waving in the background. Apart from painting and gardening, I'm good at nothing. My most beautiful masterpiece is my garden.
