http://giverny-impression.com By Ariane, Guide Interpreter, Giverny France Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:54:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [singlepic=103,350,350,,right]Now that all the wild roses are spent, their lovely berries shine in the morning mist. The dog roses grow everywhere in the area of Giverny, on road sides, on the bushy hills, turning the countryside into a giant garden when they are in bloom in springtime.     http://giverny-impression.com/wild-rose-o/ [singlepic=101,350,350,,left]Nobody will sit on the benches in Monet's garden anymore this year. Giverny is closed for five months.  Last Sunday evening, when the last tourist left the museum, the garden was still full of blooming geraniums, dahlias and of many annuals. All of a sudden, everything changed dramatically. No visitors anymore in the ... http://giverny-impression.com/the-empty-garden/ [singlepic=100,350,350,,left]The fallen leaves of the three liquidambars look like stars picked on the surface of Monet's pond at Giverny. They twinkle against the dark blue reflection of the sky.  In 19th Century France it was a common pattern to paint murals of stars in the night on the ceilings of  churches.   http://giverny-impression.com/autumn-stars/ [singlepic=99,350,350,,left]This is the Famous Japanese Bridge that Claude Monet painted so often.  It deserves lots of capitals because it has become the icon of the painter's garden at Giverny. In the bright sunshine its green turns almost blue, as can be observed on Monet's paintings of this motive. The picture was made in July when ... http://giverny-impression.com/monets-japanese-bridge/ [singlepic=98,350,350,,right]Fondation Claude Monet at Giverny generally closes for the Winter on October 31st, but this year Claude Monet's home will remain open two more days on Saturday November 1 and Sunday November 2, 2008. It is a unique opportunity to appreciate as late as possible in season, the changing colors of ... http://giverny-impression.com/giverny-open-november-1st-and-2nd-2008/ [singlepic=58,350,350,,right]A big copper beech shades Claude Monet's water garden at Giverny. It is a very old tree, dating back to Monet's time. It must be over 100 years old, a survivor from the original garden Monet planted. In October, Autumn has come and the beech is not copper anymore but brown, as ... http://giverny-impression.com/copper-beech/ [singlepic=95,350,350,,right]I am absolutely excited by the news I've just read in the local newspaper of Vernon: next year, the Fine Arts museum of Giverny (temporarily named Impressionist Museum, but its name may change) will start its new life with an incredible exhibition. The organisers plan to obtain 30 Monets! The ... http://giverny-impression.com/30-monets-at-giverny-next-year/ [singlepic=65,350,350,,left]Next  year, there will be a museum of Impressionism at Giverny. The Museum of American Art Giverny located next Monet's home at Giverny is living its last weeks. Founded in 1992 by wealthy American collector Daniel Terra, the museum has exhibited American Art till now. Its visitors are mainly French individuals. They discover the Art History ... http://giverny-impression.com/museum-of-impressionism/ [singlepic=70,350,350,,left]Claude Monet had calculated that the light changes every seven minutes in Giverny. I wonder if he didn't exagerate a little bit, but he had an exceptional eye and he wanted to render the slightest light changes exactly. Monet painted in series. He chose a spot he liked in his garden, ... http://giverny-impression.com/series-painting-light-effect/ [singlepic=93,350,350,,right]Claude Monet made his garden famous by painting it over and over again. There are 272 canvases by Monet featuring his water garden, not to speak about the Grandes Decorations, these oversized panels that can be seen at l'Orangerie Museum in Paris. Monet didn't want any other motive for almost twenty years. ... http://giverny-impression.com/series-painting-a-small-world/ [singlepic=94,350,350,,right]Monet's Garden at Giverny is lined by a small stream. The name of this stream is le Ru, which means the stream in french. It is not very informative! But the Ru is a branch of a bigger river, the Epte, which is meaningfull. The Epte was for several centuries the border ... http://giverny-impression.com/historic-border/ [singlepic=92,350,350,,right]Where there is a bubble, there is a fish. Many fish live in Monet's lake at Giverny. They help keeping its balance. There are many rudd, easy to recognize because of their orange fins, and carp. The carp are not Koi carp, they are  wild ones. They come from the Seine river.  A few ... http://giverny-impression.com/fish-stories/ [singlepic=91,350,350,,left]The main alley of Monet's garden at Giverny is invaded by nasturtiums.  Monet planted them this way, but originally, it was not on purpose. Monet wanted to soften the straight lines of his alley by an edge of small flowers, and he planted what he thought were dwarf nasturtiums. Which appeared to ... http://giverny-impression.com/nasturtiums/ [singlepic=64,350,350,,left] This group feturing a man taming horses can be seen in Vernon's A. G. Poulain Museum, in the center of the town neighbouring Giverny. The sculpture is due to Frederick MacMonnies, an American artist who lived and taught for several years in Giverny at the turn of the 20th century. The man is ... http://giverny-impression.com/tamed-horses/ [singlepic=25,350,350,,right]August is one of the best time to visit Monet's gardens at Giverny. The pond is covered by water lilies. The nasturtiums invade dramatically the main alley. And all the summer flowers give their big show. Late summer is the time for giant flowers. Sunflowers of course, and also giant dahlias, rudbeckias, cosmos or ... http://giverny-impression.com/giant-flowers/