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Fondation Claude Monet, Giverny
Travelling by train between Vernon and Gagny in April 1883, Monet spotted
Giverny through the window. It was love at first sight, and he moved here with
Alice Hoschedé as swiftly as possible. He planted his garden so that he could
paint in every season. He considered it his masterpiece, a painting of dazzling
colours created with nature. After his death, the house and gardens fell into
disrepair, but between 1977 and 1980 the Académie des Beaux-Arts restored
them to their original condition - a living memorial to Monet and his work.
Top 10 Highlights
1 Water Garden
2 Japanese Bridge
3 Clos Normand
4 Pink House
5 Japanese Prints
6 Sitting Room-Studio
7 Monet's Bedroom
8 Dining Room
9 Kitchen
0 Water Lily Studio
Water Garden
For refreshment, try
Hôtel Baudy (81 rue
Claude Monet), or the
café of the Musée
d'Art Américain.
Avoid the crowds by
visiting early or late
in the season.
• 84 rue Claude Monet,
27620 Giverny
• Map K4
•
02 32 51 28 21
• www.fondation-
monet.com
• Open Apr-Oct:
9:30am-6pm Tue-Sun
• Admission €5.50;
gardens only, students
€4; under-12s, disabled
€3; house only €1.50; -
under-7s free
•
Musée d'Art Américain:
99 rue Claude Monet.
02 32 51 94 65.
www.maag.org. Open
early Mar-May, mid-
Jul-mid-Aug, Sep-Oct:
10am-6pm Tue-Sun;
May-mid-Jul: 9:30am-
6:30pm Tue-Sun; Nov:
10am-6pm Thu-Sun.
Closed 2nd half Aug.
Admission €5.50;
concessions €4;
12- to 18-year-olds €3;
under-12s free.
Water Garden
Exotic, asymmetrical,
Monet's water garden
(above)
is a place for calm
contemplation of nature,
amongst a gentle riot of
plant life: rhododendrons,
weeping willows, water
lilies, and much more.
Clos Normand
Monet's French-style
garden
(below)
is a triumph
of symmetry, colour and
judicious planting, with
flowers in bloom all season.
Japanese Bridge
This famous, wisteria-
draped bridge
(below)
reflects Monet's abiding
interest in Japanese
prints, many of them in
the Pink House collection.
Pink House
In this charming pink
stucco house
(main image)
,
Monet entertained Cézanne,
Renoir, Matisse and other
famous artists of his time,
as well as his good friend
Georges Clemenceau.
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