10 dec 2016 episode 1 of 5 mad enchantment the story of claude monets later years and the famous paintings he produced at home in giverny abridged in five parts by katrin williams in the 1890s the painter and his large family move to the famous town and over the years the gardens at his house become lush exotic and famous for pictures of water lilies and weeping willows part of le grand decoration. About mad enchantment los angeles times book prize finalist from bestselling author ross king a brilliant portrait of legendary artist claude monet and the story of his most memorable achievement the water lilies claude monet is perhaps the worlds most beloved artist and among all his creations the paintings of the water lilies in his . Here we find that claude monet could have answered that he painted gave expression to created the water lilies and sunsets and weeping willows willows that expressed the sorrow and the torture of the grande guerre that played itself out while monet in his seventies eyesight failing gave us so many other canvasses of beauty. About mad enchantment claude monets water lily paintings are among the most iconic and beloved works of art of the past century yet these entrancing images were created at a time of terrible private turmoil and sadness for the artist the dramatic history behind these paintings is little known ross kings mad enchantment tells the full story