🎨 Monet: Inside the Impressionist's Home, Giverny, France: Monet Painting Outdoors, Rare Film

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- Many of Claude Monet's masterpieces were inspired by his idyllic home and garden in the French countryside at Giverny in Normandy, NW France. The trip is short train/bus ride from Paris. The visit of a lifetime! 💐
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- (Giverny). A very long house: Claude Monet lived in his home at Giverny for 43 years, from 1883 to 1926. During this very long time, he layed out the house to his own tastes, adapting it to the needs of his family and professional life. At the beginning, the house called House of the Cider-Press (an apple-press located on the little square nearby gave its name to the quarter) was much smaller. Monet enlarged it on both sides.

The house is now 40 meter long per 5 meter deep only. The barn next to the house became his first studio, thanks to the addition of a wooden floor and of stairs leading to the main house. Monet, who mostly painted in the open air, needed a place where to store and finish his canvases. Above the studio, Monet had his own apartment, a large bedroom and a bathroom. The left side of the house was his side, where he could work and sleep... - More, https://giverny.org/monet/home/

- Rare film of French Impressionist painter Claude Monet (1840 -1926), painting outdoors, 'en plein air,' in his garden at Giverny. (1915).

[Bayard]

1. Bookmarking

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2. I was just there

in late April ~ the most striking room was the yellow dining room... the gardens are absolutely beautiful... my favorite memory of this trip...

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3. April is a wonderful time, good for you. The gardens when we visited in June

were gorgeous, the property is heaven on earth! We missed seeing the lovely house, but if I ever go again it's a priority. Thanks for posting.