Claude Monet Garden Of Giverny

Today run by the claude monet foundation the painter s house and breathtaking gardens attract hundreds of thousands of visitors every.

Claude monet garden of giverny.

It is one of many works by the artist of his garden at giverny over the last thirty years of his life. Giverny place of memory talk. Welcome to the world of the painter and gardener claude monet. It is made of 94 canvases 29 drawings and 8 sketch books.

He was meticulous in his approach to planning the. Open from april. Claude monet s home and garden in giverny in spring photo ariane cauderlier the clos normand when monet and his family settled in giverny in 1883 the piece of land sloping gently down from the house to the road was planted with an orchard and enclosed by high stone walls. The marmottan monet museum presents the largest collection of claude monet s works in the world from impression sunrise to giverny s water lilies.

84 rue claude monet 27620 giverny. A site for sight monet in his garden at giverny bookstore. For over 40 years until his death in 1926 giverny was his home his site of creation and his masterpiece. The painting shows rows of irises in various shades of purple and pink set diagonally across the picture plane.

Celebrated impressionist painter claude monet spent nearly 43 years from 1883 to his death in 1926 living in a house he had specially constructed in the peaceful locality of giverny about an hour from paris and at the edge of the normandy region of france. 02 32 51 90 31. Claude monet s garden at giverny 27620 giverny. It was at giverny however his last home and the place he lived at for the longest that his vision for a garden became a reality.

Monet was so proud of his water garden that he liked to receive his guests there and spent hours contemplating it. In the village of giverny is the musée des impressionnismes giving a visual history of impressionism. Places to visit nearby. A world of senses of colors and of memories the house in which the artist and his family lived notably contains his studio sitting room and his exceptional collection of.

In nearby vernon the musée a g poulain contains the only monet original in the giverny area. Throughout his life monet had been an avid and knowledgeable gardener. The museum has some very nice gardens.