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Both Monet's home and garden in Giverny are available to tour.
Hours: April - October, Tuesday through Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm (closed
Mondays). You can choose between touring the home and garden or just
the home or just the garden. Be prepared for long waiting lines
occasionally.
Claude Monet (1840 - 1926) lived in Giverny from 1883 to the time of
his death in 1926, His home, gardens, and surrounding hillsides
served as an incredible inspiration for his paintings. Opened as a
museum in 1980, a walk around his grounds helps to understand and
appreciate the source of that inspiration. The gardens change
throughout the seasons, so many people visit at many different times.
Books listed in the
Bibliography: Monet & Giverny
provide biographical details about his work at Giverny, his favorite
foods, and analysis and criticism of his paintings. The
bibliography also lists children's books about Monet, Monet videos,
and garden design suggestions for those trying to emulate Monet's
vision.
In the 1990s, the small village of Giverny has become a booming
tourist haven for Monet fans. In June 1992 the American Museum
opened several doors away from Monet's home. It contains an
excellent collection of American Impressionistic art done
in France; Gerdts' book The Impressionist Colony in Giverny in the
Bibliography: Monet & Giverny
describes the paintings and the
time period in detail. Also recently opened as a small museum with
garden is the Hotel Baudy where the American impressionists and
other visitors to Giverny stayed.
In Paris, Monet's paintings can be seen at
Musée d'Orsay,
Musée de L'Orangerie, and at the
Musée Marmottan. There
are no original paintings any longer at his home in Giverny, only
reproductions. In the United States, the Art Institute of Chicago
has a stunning impressionist collection with many Monets.
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1. Monet's pink stucco house, May 1992.
2. The flower garden seen from Monet's second storey bedroom, May
1992.
The tallest trees in the background mark the waterlily garden
across the street from the flower garden.
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3. Irises and poppies in Monet's Garden, May 1992.
4. Irises, poppies and roses in Monet's Garden, May 1992.
The pink stucco house can be seen in the far background.
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5. The Grande Allee, looking back toward the home, July 1994.
This footpath is closed to traffic; benches allow visitors to
observe the roses twining over trellises, the nasturtiums
along the ground, and the profusion of summer blossoms.
