Tag: Claude Monet

Claude Monet was a key figure in the Impressionist movement that transformed French painting in the second half of the nineteenth century.

Monet’s Garden, Our Tour of Giverny and the Water Pond

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An image of Claude Monet's Water-Lily Pond in Giverny, France.

In the small French village of Giverny, we found Monet’s Garden that he began to build and cultivate back in the 1880’s.  In 1890, the digging of his Nympheas basin was started for what would become his Water Garden.  Read more