""This piece was chosen through close dialogue between The LEGO Group and The Met," says Stijn Oom, a Lego designer. "Together, we identified a fan‑favorite artwork that would translate well into an immersive build. Throughout the process, we worked with curators, reviewed color references, and explored how to mirror the painting's layered techniques with LEGO elements. The aim was to let the build itself echo the feeling of creating the original a"
""Over the past few years, as Lego has begun to invest heavily in its sets and products targeted at an adult audience, its designers have had to develop new construction techniques to re-create a wide range of historical artworks. These include sets based on Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night and Sunflowers, which use chunky Lego bricks to represent thick layers of paint;""
Lego produced a 3,179-piece set recreating Claude Monet's Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies, using unconventional elements like Lego bananas, katana swords, and carrot tops to simulate brushstrokes. The set was developed in collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art and required more than a year of coordinated work with museum curators to faithfully reproduce the Impressionist scene. Priced at $249.99, the set will be publicly available starting March 4. The build exemplifies Lego's recent focus on adult-targeted, art-inspired sets and builds on techniques used for Van Gogh, Hokusai, and Keith Haring recreations, and represents a technically challenging effort.
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