The Water Garden By Claude Monet

In 1893 ten years after his arrival at giverny monet bought the piece of land neighbouring his property on the other side of the railway.

The water garden by claude monet.

The house and the garden of the painter with its water lily ponds were preserved and opened to the public by the claude monet foundation in giverny. Many of the works were painted while monet suffered from cataracts. Claude monetlived at giverny normandy for half of his long life. Water lilies is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings by french impressionist claude monet.

It was crossed by a small brook the ru which is a diversion of the epte a tributary of the seine river. British artist banksy s remix of a masterpiece by impressionist painter claude monet is going up for auction on oct. In 1893 he acquires a piece of land situated at the end of the clos normand on the other side of the railway line and diverts the narrow arm of the river epte the ru. The flowers are under trees that in allowing dappled light through change the tone of their colours.

The water garden has become an endless source of inspiration for the artist. Beyond the trees is a glimpse of monet s house. When it was created japanese motifs clearly emerged which were noticed and noted by all of monet s guests. Claude monet suffered from cataracts and was operated on with one eye in 1923.

See more ideas about claude monet monet art. The street artist banksy s irreverent remix of claude monet s famous images of a japanese bridge crossing over a water lily filled pond in his garden in giverny will be offered at sotheby s. His numerous paintings done on his floating studio in argenteuil or on the dutch canals show his fascination with inverted reflections in these liquid mirrors. A keen horticulturist he intended the space for the pleasure of the eyes and also for the purpose of having subjects to paint.

During his final decades he almost exclusively painted the garden filled with water lilies he had created there. The painting shows rows of irises in various shades of purple and pink set diagonally across the picture plane. He continued to paint until the beginning of the year 1926. The artist s garden at giverny is an oil on canvas painting by claude monet done in 1900 now the musée d orsay paris.

It is one of many works by the artist of his garden at giverny over the last thirty years of his life. The paintings depict his flower garden at his home in giverny and were the main focus of his artistic production during the last thirty years of his life. Water garden by claude monet. He was also suffering from lung cancer which prevailed on.

Many plants were brought from japan.