Giverny Manor

Between Paris and Rouen in a picturesque place is home to the village of Giverny, who once inspired Claude Monet to create beautiful paintings. Every summer, many tourists flock here to visit the estate of Claude Monet and visit his magical garden, where the master drew inspiration. The beauty of these places struck the famous Impressionist painter as he passed the village by train in 1883. The artist bought the house and lived there for almost 43 years, until his death in 1926. In Giverny, next to the church of St. Radeganda is the tomb of the artist.

Having settled in Giverny at the end of April, Claude Monet immediately took up the design of the garden. On the lawns surrounding the house, he planted many flowers of various varieties - irises, daffodils, dolphiniums, floxes, chrysanthemums. Monet categorically did not recognize the flower beds, so in his garden flowers bizarre mosaic covered emerald lawns. Over time, the artist became so imbued with his wonderful garden that he even stopped going out on sketches in the vicinity of the village. Now the source of inspiration was the trees and flowers grown by his own hands.

In 1966, the artist’s son Michel Monet bequeathed to the state the estate and the garden around it. Soon there was opened a museum dedicated to the life and work of Claude Monet. The interior preserved almost everything that surrounded the artist – furniture, jewelry and souvenirs, photos on the walls. The exhibition presents the works of Monet and his friends, as well as a collection of graphic works by Japanese artists.