1. Claude Monet
1840 - 1926
Famous French
Painter
1886 Self
Portrait
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3. Giverny is a community in
France located in the Normandy
region. In 1883 Claude Monet
settled in the village . He bought
a house and made a garden. He
dug an arm from the Epte River,
so that it flowed through his
property, that basin on which he
painted his famous Water
Lilies.

5. This is where Monet worked and loved to rest, contemplating his
paintings on the wall. Still critical, he studied each of them to give
them the final touch needed for perfection.
L’atelier-salon

6. The Blue Room is a small reading room, the furniture all authentic
have been restored and returned to the original colors. The prints on
the walls are Japanese that Monet collected between 1871 and 1926

7. La salle à manger

8. The kitchen is surprisingly large. Its shades of blue are impressive. The series
of copper is original . There is a beautiful stove, sink and table.

9. Claude Monet’s bedroom where
he died in 1926. Monet spent
43 years painting in this
exceptional setting. The
furniture has been restored and
is original.
On the left, the room of Alice,
Monets second wife who died
in 1911. The decor is simple and
relaxing.

10. View from Claude Monet’s bed room

11. This alley leads to the main entrance to the house of Monet.

12. The Garden of Monet is full of flowers of all kinds which
may give an impression of clutter , but make no mistake, there
is a beautiful harmony of colors, well planned.

14. Monet had a passion for flowers of all kinds, but
especially for irises and lilies. In his garden, irises and
lilies of all colors come together in harmony

16. The Garden is maintained as Monet wishes by Gilbert Vahé,
chief gardener of the Monet Foundation

22. Artifically diverting a branch of the Epte River
Claude Monet
fed his Lilly Pond

24. Monet’s Bamboo that line the waterway he dug

27. Claude Monet passion for Japan and its artists caused him to
build a Japanese bridge over the pool of Water Lilies .

30. Hotel
Baudy
where
Monet
dined
with
other
artist.

31. La terrasse de l’hôtel Baudy

32. The dining room where Monet dined with othere artists,
families and friends.

33. After 85 years, the garden is still
maintained as Monet widhed. Monet planted an
array of vibrant colors of Tulips, Rhododendrons,
Azaleas, and Irisis, all reinforced by the
tireless color scheme by the presense of Julian,
Peonies, Poppies, and Forget Me Nots.
To end this slide show, another painter and a
friend and admirer of Monet arrived after Monet
had died and saw his body covered with a black
shroud, explaining that it was
inappropriate . No Black for Monet, Black is
not a
Color . He then pulled down the colorful
curtains of
the windows and covered the body of the

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Music by Franz Lehar -The Exquisite Hour
Edited by Jack Cross
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