Claude Monet's Studio Window, Giverny France

by Liesl Walsh

Title

Claude Monet's Studio Window, Giverny France

Artist

Liesl Walsh

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Photograph - Digital Photograph

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This image is a peek into the art studio window of impressionist painter Claude Monet at his home in Giverny, France. Lush vines and flowers surround the home on trellises lining the entire front of the home. Monet's paintings hang on the wall of his studio filled with natural light. When looking out his window you can see the huge expanse of his lush cottage garden, a wonderful source of inspiration for his paintings. Claude Monet's garden and home in Giverny, France is about an hour west of Paris in the countryside near Normandy. In the late 1800's Monet discovered Giverny while riding by on a train. He fell in love with this quaint town and soon rented this home near the river. Later he purchased the home and spent over a decade designing and planting his famous garden. He diverted the nearby river to fill an area in the back for his waterlily pond and green Japanese bridge. Officials originally opposed his plans, but after finding out it was the famous artist they approved. Monet's garden is around 2 acres in size and the lush cottage garden near the pink and green home is filled with all kinds of paths, trellises, and flowers, smelling heavenly. The center of the garden is focused on a wide path lined with rows of rose-covered arbors. Monet spent much time outdoors painting in his impressionist style, especially scenes of his garden. Monet lived around 40 years in his home.

You can read about our adventure in Europe in my husband's book, "Vagabonds in France", by Michael A. Barry. Come with us as we lose our home, put everything in storage, and navigate through Europe for a few months with no return date or home to come back to. Sail across the Atlantic, dodge pickpockets, climb mountains, descend into the Paris Metro, endure nasty weather and illness, witness the flood of the century, and meet some wonderful and not-so-wonderful people. Chuckle with us as we live among the French and try to learn their ways and language. Then make it back home to an empty house we'd never seen before. The book with its 75 illustrations is available in both paperback and Kindle on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NCUNSEK .

Contest Wins:
Third place in Green Ivy and Vines contest 10-16-2022
First Place in We Lost the Color Green contest 11-11-2022

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