A trip to France would not be complete without a trip to Giverny to see
Monet's beautiful gardens.
Claude Monet was born in Paris in 1840. His painting entitled Impression,
soleil levant is considered to be the start of the impressionist period of
painting.
In 1883, Monet moved to the village of Giverny. It was at his home in Giverny that he painted the "Haystacks" paintings between 1888 and
1891 and other series of paintings that made him famous throughout the world.
In 1895 he created the famous lily pond and built the Japanese bridge that
are a large part of his later paintings. He said, "It took me time to understand
my water lilies...I had planted them for my pleasure; I cultivated them without
ever thinking of painting them...A landscape doesn't permeate one's being in one
day...And then, suddenly, the magical world of my pond was reveled to me. I took
up my palette. Since that time, I have scarcely had any other model."
The
entrance to his lovely home is covered with vines. The windows have wonderful
views of his magnificent flower garden.
From
the road, you can see the arbors covered with clematis that are in front of the
house.
The
iris give the garden beautiful colors during the spring.
He
certainly had a wealth of subjects for his paintings. He said that he was good
at only gardening and painting.
Another
of his subjects.
As
you can see, we enjoyed the garden very much.
The
garden is maintained as faithfully to his plans as possible.
The
famous pond. Monet had the pond dug to his specifications.
The
foliage around the pond is beautiful.

The famous Japanese bridge in Monet paintings.


The
source of water for the pond.