Monet's Water Lilies: The Healing of a Nation

In the summer of 1918, Claude Monet, the great French Impressionist was facing disaster. In the distance, the 78 year old artist could hear the guns of the German army, signaling the advance of the enemy. World War I was in its fourth year and German soldiers could be at Monet's beloved estate of Giverny soon. At its core the miraculous water lilies pond that was perhaps more important to Monet than his own life. The inspiration for his greatest work of art, the Grandes Decorations, painted by Monet to heal his people and the nation of France.

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