On the first of each month I have been showing you the photograph for that month from the calendar that I made for 2022. All of the photographs are pictures that I have taken, and the theme of this year's calendar is parks and gardens all over the world.
April features one of the most famous gardens in the world... the water lily pond at the home of Claude Monet in Giverny, France. In 1890 Monet bought a house and property in the village of Giverny about 50 miles from Paris. The artist created the extensive gardens which were to feature in many of his impressionistic paintings. Between 1896 and his death in 1926 Monet's artistic output centered on depictions of his water lily pond. He did more than 250 paintings of the water lilies, and they are among the most recognized works in all of 20th century art.
I've been here! Giverny is a cute little village. I remember eating fish at a restaurant, presumably open only during the summer months, along the creek.
ReplyDeleteAfter seeing Monet's house and garden, I walked down the main street of the village to the church and saw his grave in the churchyard.
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