Claude Monet painting Giverny

Paintings, pictures, posters and prints by Claude Monet

"Je serai obligé de vous demander pas mal d'argent, étant à la veille d'acheter la maison que j'habite ou de quitter Giverny, ce qui m'ennuierait beaucoup, certain de ne jamais retrouver une pareille installation ni un si beau pays."

Claude Monet à Durand Ruel, 1890

Claude Monet Poppy Field at Giverny
"Champ de coquelicots à Giverny"
Claude MONET 1885
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
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"I will be obliged to ask you for quite a lot of money, as I am on the verge of either buying the house where I live or leaving Giverny which would bother me a lot, as I am sure I will never find a similar set up nor so beautiful a landscape."

Claude Monet to Durand-Ruel, 1890

"Je suis dans le ravissement, Giverny est un pays splendide pour moi."

Claude Monet

Claude Monet In the Norvegienne
"En Norvégienne"
Claude MONET 1887
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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"I am filled with delight, Giverny is a splendid spot for me."

Claude Monet 

"Non, je ne suis pas un grand peintre, grand poète. Je sais seulement que je fais ce que je peux pour exprimer ce que j'éprouve devant la nature."

Claude Monet

Giverny in Springtime
"Le Printemps, Giverny"
Claude MONET 1900
Private collection
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"I am not a great painter, great poet. I just know that I do what I can to express what I feel in front of nature."

Claude Monet

" Mon coeur est à Giverny, toujours et toujours..."

Claude Monet 

Claude Monet Poppy field in a hollownear giverny
"Le Jardin aux iris, Giverny"
Claude MONET 1900
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
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 "My heart is to Giverny for ever and ever."

Claude Monet

"C'est si beau à la campagne, je voulais vous écrire pour que vous veniez voir le jardin si beau en ce moment : ça vaut le voyage et dans 15 jours au plus, ce sera passé."

Claude Monet

Le Jardin de Monet, les iris, Claude MONET 1900
"Le Jardin de Monet, les iris"
Claude MONET 1900
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
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"It is so beautiful in the countryside, I wanted to write to you that you would come to see the garden so beautiful by now ; it's worth the travel and in less than 15 days it will be over."

Claude Monet

"J'ai le spleen de Giverny. Tout doit être si beau par ce temps inouï."

Claude Monet

Claude Monet Main Path through the Garden at Giverny
"Une Allée du jardin de Monet, Giverny"
Claude MONET 1902
Österreichische Galerie, Vienna, Austria
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"I feel the spleen from Giverny. It must all be so beautiful by this incredible weather."

Claude Monet

claude monet femme a l ombrelle

Claude Monet
painting woman with
a parasol (or umbrella)

claude monet painting picture print poster

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