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Visit Monet House - Giverny

Impressionist school : Claude Monet, the painter who founded the Impressionist school lived in Giverny for 43 years. His house and his garden, the village of Giverny and its surroundings, were his subject matter and they still attract half a million visitors each year from all over the world.

Claude Monet house & gardens - Giverny

With its pink render on the outside, the house where the leader of the Impressionist school lived from 1883 until 1926 has now regained the colourful interior and intimate charm of those bygone days. Several of its rooms are now devoted to the artist's precious collection of Japanese prints. Restored to their original state, the gardens now offer the visitor that "painting made from Nature itself" that Monet's contemporaries regarded as one of his masterpieces. The house and studios look out on to the geometrically designed Clos Normand, whose stunning flowerbeds are surrounded by arbours of climbing plants. Further down, a man-made, willow-shaded branch of the river Epte feeds the Water Garden, with its celebrated Japanese Bridge and its wisteria, azaleas and pond.

Visit Monet Foundation : house & gardens

The Japanese prints

Given that every Impressionist had his collection of Japanese prints, just what lay behind Monet's specific choices? It would be a mistake to see him as caught up in the fad for things Japanese or initiating himself into Japanese culture: it was Octave Mirbeau, in his preface to the catalogue for the Venice World Fair, who said that what the artist was looking for was "that exquisite freezing of visual relationships to be found in Japanese prints".

Monet Foundation : Opening hours - Entrance fees - Official website - Photos

A pilgrimage to this flower-decked shrine is vital for all those seeking to better understand the Master, plumb the depths of his inspiration and imagine him still living on among us.
Opening Hours : Open from 1st April to 1st November. Open daily, from 9.30 AM to 6.00 PM. Closed exceptionally on monday 27th April 2009. The Claude Monet Foundation is closed from 2th November to 31th March. However our offices remain open from 9.00 AM to 5.00 PM (except week ends) for information and group reservations (for the following season).
Entrance Fees : Adults : 6 Euros - Students : 4,5 Euros - Disabled : 3 Euros - children under 7 years : 3,5 Euros Free entrance for children under 7 years
Advance bookings : Booking is not possible for individual visitors. Only for groups of 20 people or more. You can book a group visit through the present website. To do so click here : Book you Monet House Visit
Official website : www.fondation-monet.com - Telephone : +33 (0)2 32 51 28 21

Impressionist paintings at Orsay Museum

Fan of Impressionist painters and paintings ? Orsay Museum is a place you should visit : Orsay Museum
See the galleries dedicated to the impressionists before 1870. Monet (Femmes au jardin, Dejeuner sur l’Herbe, imitated from fragments of "Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe" by Manet), Pissarro (Geleé Blanche) and Sisley (Passerelle d’Argenteuil), Boudin ( Plage a Trouville), Jongkind (La Seine et Notre-Dame à Paris).
Salle Manet with “Emile Zola”, “Olympia”, “Le Balcon” and “Le Fifre”. Orsay Museum guided tour

Museums in Paris Le Louvre is one of the most famous museums in the world and a must see. Here is a selection of the best museums or attractions not to be missed in Paris : Orsay, Versailles, Moulin Rouge, Lido > Museums in Paris & Opening hours

Visit Monet House, gardens and Foundation in Giverny

How to go to Giverny from Paris : Want to go to Giverny on your own ? By train : Paris-Vernon (departure Paris - St Lazare), getting of at Vernon then take the local bus service between Vernon station and Giverny (5 kms) - Line 240. Shuttle Paris operates a chauffeur driven service between Paris and Giverny on request.

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