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Monet’s House
Monet’s house at Giverny looks exceptionally long while it is shallow. The reason for this disproportion? Monet bought a medium sized farm, but he needed more space because of his extended family....
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Matter of Size
I had to wait until there were a few people at the entrance to Monet’s house in Giverny before I could take this picture. Generally I take great care there isn’t anybody on the snapshot. It was fun...
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Monet’s Kitchen
Monet’s kitchen at Giverny has a delicious flavor of old fashioned kitchens, where the scent of jam seems to be still floating in the air. Monet, as a gourmet, was very interested by all what was...
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Monet’s House in October
Flashing reds and greens in the soft light of October, this is what Monet’s garden offers in October in the area in front of the painter’s house. The “Monet green” spreads on benches, shutters, stairs…...
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Pink Tulip Beds
In April, the pink facade of Monet’s house in Giverny responds to huge beds of pink tulips in front of the main entrance. To create a shimmering effect, several varieties of pink tulips are planted,...
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French Country Style Entry
The painter Claude Monet had a special eye for refined and simple countryside elegance. Here, the main entrance to his home at Giverny, an harmony of tender pink and bright green, enhanced by two blue...
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The First Studio
The large window of Monet's first studio at Giverny looks like an eye scrutinizing the flowers of the garden in order to paint them. It opens onto the little rose garden, a corner that is rarely...
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Blue Flowers
According to Claude Monet's step son Jean-Pierre Hoschedé, the painter loved blue flowers. This beautiful solanum, a plant belonging to the family of tomatoes and potatoes, is covered with simple...
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Blanche’s Bedroom
Blanche Hoschedé-Monet was at the same time Monet's step-daughter, because he married her mother, and his daughter in law, because she married his son. She inhabited Monet's house at Giverny until she...
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