Monet' Garden Flowers - First Trip

At the beginning of May 1883, Monet and his large family ( he had children of his own from his first marriage and after his wife died he re-married a lady with a number of children herself )  rented a house and 2 acres from a local landowner. The house was situated near the main road between the towns of Vernon and Gasny at Giverny. There was a barn that doubled as a painting studio, orchards and a small garden. The house was close enough to the local schools for the children to attend and the surrounding landscape offered many suitable motifs for Monet's work. The family worked and built up the gardens and Monet's fortunes began to change for the better as his dealer Paul Durand-Ruel had increasing success in selling his paintings. By November 1890, Monet was prosperous enough to buy the house, the surrounding buildings and the land for his gardens. During the 1890s, Monet built a greenhouse and a second studio, a spacious building well lit with skylights. Beginning in the 1880s and 1890s through the end of his life in 1926, Monet worked on "series" paintings, in which a subject was depicted in varying light and weather conditions. Monet was also fond of painting controlled nature ... his own gardens in Giverny, for instance, with its water lilies, pond, and bridge. 

He wrote daily instructions to his gardener, precise designs and layouts for plantings, and invoices for his floral purchases and his collection of botany books. As Monet's wealth grew, his garden evolved. He remained its architect, even after he hired seven gardeners.

I don't have pictures of his paintings but I did take a number of photos of the flowers he loved to paint. I'll post them in two lots to break it up a little. I'll also post the pictures that other took when I get a chance so this could get a little repetitive although everyone has their own perspective.

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