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Monet offered the Water Lilies as a symbol of peace
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The day after the November 11, 1918 armistice, Claude Monet offered his Water Lilies to France as a gift and symbol of peace. The plans took years: a deed donating 19 decorative panels was signed on April 12, 1922, and they opened to the public at the Orangerie after the artist’s death, in 1927.


