The late work of Claude Monet (French, 18401926) represents a time of artistic focus on his living laboratorythe gardens he created at his home in Giverny, about forty-five miles outside Paris. Flowers, not figures, were Monets primary subjects during this final stage of his long career. The paintings from these years prove the artists mastery of the effects of light, particularly in the interplay between reflections, shadows, aquatic plant life, and the surface of water. His Japanese-inspired