Sotheby’s sold a Claude Monet “Water Lilies” scene for $65.5 million ... Monet’s jewel-tone pond scene from 1914-17 was expected to sell for around $60 million, but the piece drew three ...

Monet cultivated his own waterlilies and employed a gardener to dust and prune them to look perfect for painting.David Davies of Llandinam (1818-1890) was a self-made industrialist. He developed ...