ALWAYS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC artmuseum.princeton.edu How’s the Weather Today, Monet? SMART KIDS Claude Monet, Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge, 1899. From the collection of William Church Osborn, Class of 1883, trustee of Princeton University (1914-51), president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1941-47); given by his family (y1972-15) What do you think the weather is like in this painting? Which season do you think it is? Monet liked to use bright colors in his paintings. What colors do you see? How would you describe Monet’s brushstrokes? This painting shows part of Claude Monet’s garden at his home in Giverny, France. Monet loved his garden and oſten went there to paint—he painted this bridge several times. He was interested in how the same scene looked at different times of the day and in different seasons and weather conditions. small and careful or free and loose