Poetic Job
by Ariane ~ June 29, 2008
In his water garden at Giverny, Claude Monet had a dock adornated by arches of climbing roses.
It is especially beautiful in late June when the roses are in blossom, adding their pink to the greens of the foliages.
At Monet’s time there was a boat anchored at the dock. It was used mainly by the gardener devoted to the water garden.
This gardener had a special job: every morning he had to wash the water lilies. The road nearby made them dusty, Monet who wanted to paint them, wanted them to be clean.
The gardener used to get up very early in the morning, before the master would come, and tour the pond in the boat to push the flowers under the surface with the row to clean them.
Water lily washer, isn’t it a poetic job?
August 30th, 2012 at 4:42 am
it’s like a dream
June 20th, 2013 at 3:55 pm
Do you know what Monet paintings and titles depict that dock? A friend mentioned seeing one that he is trying now to find and we would sure appreciate your directions to an online site one could view it on. Thank you.
June 23rd, 2013 at 4:27 pm
Try “les arceaux de roses” or “les arceaux fleuris” by Monet.