LEGO recreates claude monet’s painting as a brick set
LEGO reproduces Claude Monet’s 1899 Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies painting into a buildable set, in collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Comprising 3,179 bricks, the project reinterprets the artist’s impressionist brushwork, from the layered strokes to the atmospheric colors of the flowers and greenery. The LEGO set replicates the painting, housed in The Met’s collection, as discrete tiles. When placed, these small blocks begin to paint a bigger picture, a landscape made of an arched bridge, a reflective pond, and a cluster of lilies and trees.
The Claude Monet LEGO set comes with tactile tiles that, when put together, conceive the view of the water from the original painting, even slightly shifting with the color because of the different shades of the blocks. A diagonal band of lighter elements cuts from the top right to the bottom left, reflecting the streak of light that structures the original canvas, and the bridge appears in the forefront visibly, colored in light blue and comprising rectangular bricks.
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3,179 blocks allow the painting come to life
Using the 3,179 blocks, the Claude Monet LEGO set comes to life brick by brick, slowly creating a shallow topography that reimagines the impressionist style of the original painting at The Met. A denser concentration of lilies appears on the right side, referencing the artist’s preference for organic irregularity. This uneven design makes the scene feel more alive because it’s not as perfect as it seems. Small details, such as butterflies, flowers, and fruit elements, extend the theme of cultivated nature, a nod to the artist’s garden at Giverny.
The LEGO set depicting Claude Monet’s water lilies painting has a wall hanger, so users can put it on the wall like a piece of art. There is also a large LEGO version of the painting at The Met, and builders can use the Builder app for digital instructions to replicate that one. The Claude Monet LEGO set shows the famous painting in a refreshed way using LEGO bricks. This time, the impressionist art often looks playful yet still vivid, immersing the users in the garden the artist painted.
LEGO reproduces Claude Monet’s 1899 Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies painting
there original painting (behind) is housed at The Met collection
Claude Monet’s LEGO set at Giverny
comprising 3,179 bricks, the project reinterprets the artist’s impressionist brushwork
these small blocks paint a landscape made of an arched bridge and a reflective pond
the set comes with a wall hanger
detailed view of the butterflies
detailed view of the pond
the bricks reinterpret the impressionist style of the painting
detailed view of the bricks
project info:
name: LEGO® Art Claude Monet – Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies
artist: Claude Monet
museum: The Met | @metmuseum
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