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Savour the delicate atmosphere of Giverny, where Claude Monet spent the last 43 years of his life. The master of Impressionism established his studio here and found his inspiration. The house, the studio, the beautiful flower garden, the Japanese bridge, and the waterlilies still bear witness to the harmony and poetry the great painter saw in life.
Claude Monet's property at Giverny, left by his son to the Academie des Beaux-arts in 1966, has, after completion of large scale restoration work, become the Claude Monet Foundation, inaugurated in 1980. The house, with its pink crushed brick façade, where the leader of the Impressionist School lived from 1883 to 1926, once again has the colorful décor and intimate charm of former times. The precious collection of Japanese engravings is displayed in several rooms, hung in the manner chosen by the master of Giverny himself.
The tour continues with a visit to the American Museum that presents works of numerous American Impressionist painters, such as Louis Paul Dessar, Richard Emil Miller, Theodore Wendel, Robert Vonnoh, John Leslie Breck, and others. They were attracted by the curriculum available as well as influenced by their French academic experiences, notably Claude Monet.
Dedicated to to further understanding the links between French and American culture, this Museum invites you to explore American art of all periods.
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