196 Claude Monet Art Work . Claude monet, japanese footbridge, giverny, 1895, oil on canvas, 31 x 38 ½ in. His magnificent 1908 work, nympheas, is the top lot in sotheby's upcoming impressionist & moderrn art … 403, letter 2319], mentions that he is working on a series of landscapes including this picture that may interest them. August 25, 1919 reprinted in ref. 5, 1926, giverny) french painter, initiator, leader, and unswerving advocate of the impressionist style.