The brush plunges into the hyacinth-lilac lake and, rapidly passing the distance from the palette to the easel, appears in front of the snow-white face of the canvas . She cringes with fear and uncertainty, her trembling tree with the stained spots of paint runs through the shiver, but after a moment a bright purple tear rolls along the perfectly stretched skin of the canvas . The second smear, another one, still . And now, shaking his curly head, the forget-me-nots look at the canvass from the canvas . Then there appears a bashful, with blue veins, the bell's back, to hide from prying eyes trembling with indignation loach, tangled in his own hands and feet . Gordelivo steps up the poppy, crimson from the attack of narcissism . Blossoms on the canvas whole glade, colored with summer heat and sprinkled with refreshing dew . Cozy settled in its amazing kindergarten, so did the great artist Claude Monet for 43 years . Only 80 km away from Paris is the amazing place of Giverny, where in the natural and recreated nature of nature, the masterpieces of impressionism come to life .
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How to get
It is more romantic to jerk in Giverny on your own. The train from Paris's Saint-Lazare station goes to Vernon, where a bus is usually waiting, which will help to overcome the remaining 6 km to Monet's garden. You can rent a bicycle for 12 EUR in the Café du Chemin de Fer, which is opposite the train station. Marathon runners can walk on foot - cross the river, and then turn right to the road D5. Be careful: when you get to Giverny at the fork, turn left, otherwise you will have to bypass the garden.
By car, the road from Paris takes about an hour. Take the A13 motorway towards Vernon / Giverny before turn 14.
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The magical world of Claude Monet
In addition to that the pretty village has become a home and a creative workshop Monet, as an artist, she best illustrates his remarkable abilities as a landscape designer and a horticulturist . After all, it was the expanses of Giverny that became a blank canvas on which the artist experimented with varieties of roses, hyacinths, irises, combined a prim fern and dressed to the nines peonies, faded udki shaded with juicy poppies . And it was the landscapes of this garden that became the heroes of the best works of Monet, which still decorate the world art galleries and private collections . Thanks to the presence of the master who reached prominence during the lifetime of the master, the invisible village became a haven and a place of spiritual rest for many artists, along the streets of Giverny at one time walked Matisse, Cezanne, Renoir, Pissarro .
Now from all over the world, admirers of Monet's works are attracted to see with their own eyes a pond with water lilies and a lacy Japanese bridge, thrown across the pond. Over this part of the garden Monet also worked his own hand, painstakingly creating a source of inspiration for the next 20 years. Here the artist created famous works: "The Rock of Aiguille and Port d'Aval" or "The Gate of Mannpor in Etretat", "The Rocks in Belle Ile", "The Rocks in Etretat", "The Stash in Giverny", "The Rouen Cathedral at the Moon" "Rouen Cathedral in the evening", "Water Lilies."
Monet Monet in Giverny
After the death of the artist the estate was taken over by the Academy of Fine Arts, carefully supporting the exterior of the house and the garden is still in the form in which the owner left it, turning this place into the House-Museum of the French Impressionist painter (Musée Claude Monet)
Inside you will not find Monet's works, but the house painted in bright colors is filled with household details life of the master, and the hall is a famous studio "Water Lily", decorated with reproductions of works by Monet. The best time for visiting the garden is May and June, when the rhododendrons begin to blossom around the pond and the riotous colorful wisteria of wisteria causes everyone to mute delight.
Monet Museum runs from April to October from 10.00 to 18.00 every day except Mon. Price of visit: 5, 5 euros - garden and garden, 4 euros - only garden.
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In addition to the monastery of the Impressionist genius in Giverny, there are other equally touching attractions strung on the main street of Rue Claude Monet . For example, the Museum of Impressionism (Musée des impressionnismes), created for temporary exhibitions and installations of impressionist artists . It happens that yes Monet's works are exhibited in his halls . By the way, most recently this building was called the Museum of American Art (Musée d'Art Américain) and specialized in the work of American artists, but it was decided to push the geographical boundaries of art that engulfed the whole world . The museum works from the beginning of April to the end of October . By the way, there is a sale of combined tickets giving a discount when visiting several attractions. Giverny .
A pleasant respite can be found by looking to house No. 81 in Rue Claude Monet, where the former th hotel, and today a nice restaurant Hôtel Baudy . This place is a real legend: at the tables of this cafe, covered with checkered tablecloths, once drinking coffee Cezanne, Renoir, Sisley, Rodin, and at the end of the 19th century on the upper floors, in the hotel was stopped exclusively by artists . The "Hotel for American Artists" even preserved a number of paintings and sketches of now known masters, with which the guests paid with the hostess for their living . Now you can taste delicious dishes of French cuisine by paying 24 EUR for lunch .
Next to the church of St. Radegund (Église Sainte-Radegonde de Giverny) is the family burial of Monet. The ancient church is a rural, unpretentious, amazing ancient and internal special, as if shining with warmth and splendor the atmosphere of the temple. In this church, Monet concluded a second marriage, and later was buried in the family crypt of the family. The most ancient in the village is Rue aux Juifs, the medieval Giverny street, as evidenced by the ancient buildings and remains of the medieval monastery
Walking through the neighborhood of the Norman village is an opportunity to look at the world through the eyes of Monet, it is impossible to be indifferent to the plush green hills , fragrant groves, stone houses, surrounded by wooden, well-cut fences, brave irises that break through the road dust, where they want, and not where the man's hand will order. And then I want to grab a pencil, a pen, a brush, a camera and capture the fascinating beauty of a simple rural landscape. Photo Zhiverni (9)