Showing posts with label Claude Monet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Claude Monet. Show all posts

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Monet's House & Gardens - A Romantic Place


While my beloved Prince Charming is searching for me I don't see any reason why I shouldn't search out honeymoon spots for us to head to after our wedding.   It is all part of saying YES to Life every day and manifesting your dreams.  Anyway, a co-worker recently spent his vacation in London and Paris.  He loved the trip to Monet's gardens and I started thinking to myself that it would be so lovely for me and my beloved to visit Monet's house and gardens together during our honeymoon.  Originally I wanted to spend my honeymoon in Quebec Canada, but now I am looking across the ocean and it is all thanks to Doug, my co-worker.  Thank you Douglas!


Isn't this so romantic?  I am visioning me and my beloved walking all throughout Monet's gardens holding hands and then sitting down on this bench to finish taking iy all in together.


The house itself looks so romantic.  It was an old derelict farmhouse that Monet purchased inexpensively.  I love buying old abandoned homes and nurturing them back to beauty.  Monet's house is located in Normandy in the village of Giverny.  Monet lived in it with his second wife Alice and her six children.  Six children????????  Monet must have really loved Alice.


More of Monet's gardens and home.
 

Monet also purchased quite a bit of land adjacent to the farmhouse.  Monet transformed the land into magnificent gardens that inspired many of his paintings.  Monet truly appreciated the vivid colors of plants and flowers.  It would be so romantic to live in a house and surroundings like this with my beloved.


Can you imagine looking out of every window of your home onto search beautiful gardens?  I certainly can.  


How about enjoying lunch or dinner in the front of your house in a setting like this?  I am already there in my mind.



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There is such awesome beauty in this world.  Monet's gardens is used by couples to take pictures in on their wedding day.  


This is such a serene spot.  I wonder if me and my beloved decided to go into the bushes with a blanket to make love if we would get arrested.  Of course we would have to get caught first.  Maybe we should just wait until we get back to our honeymoon suite.


As you can see Monet created such beautiful gardens and saw much beauty in the world.  I wonder if he was romantic.


 
These images brings tears to my eyes.  They are so beautiful.  




This is Monet's bedroom. Monet's wife Alice had her own bedroom.  I am not having any of that for me and my beloved and I know he wouldn't either.  I would love for us to wake up every morning in a room this spacious with big windows to enjoy the view.  We are getting a king sized bed.

 A great big thank you to you Claude Monet.  You have made a lot of couples very happy.

The entire village of Giverny looks so pretty.  It seems to be one of many perfect honeymoon locations.


Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Oscar-Claude Monet, French Impresssionist Artist

Oscar-Claude Monet

I love art and Impressionist art is one of my all time favorites.  I am a huge fan of French Impressionist art.   There are many French impressionist artist that I love but I will begin with the founder of French Impressionism Claude Monet.

Monet was born Oscar-Claude Monet on November 14 1840 in the 9th Arrondissement, Paris, France.   His parents were Claude Adolphe Monet and Louise Justine Aubree.

Monet was not really interested in copying other artists.  He preferred to paint what he saw in front of him exactly as he saw it.  Nature provided much inspiration for Monet.

     Claude Monet in his garden.

Monet's garden at Giverney was inspiration for many of his paintings.  My understanding is that Monet worked to make his garden flourish.  If I lived surrounded by such lushness I would be tempted to paint it too.  I am trying to make my garden look just as lush with the limited space that I have.   

 Artist Garden at Giverney

   Blue Waterlilies

 Le Pont Japonais at Giverney

 Waterlilies


The following are some of my favorite Claude Monet paintings.  I hope that you enjoy them as much as I do.

   Antibes as seen from the Salis Garden

 Arm of the Seine near Giverney

Boulevard de Capucines

 Camille Monet at her Tapestry

 Antibes view of Salis in Winter

 On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt

 Sunset on the Seine in Winter

 Cliffwalk at Pourville

 Corner of the Studio

 Fishing Boats at Sea

 House of Parliament

 Hyde Park, London

 Le Grenoulliere

 Le Pont Routier, Argenteuil

 Lazare Station Paris, France

 Morning at Antibes

 Woman in the Garden St Adresse

 Palazzo de Mula, Venice

Poppies at Argenteuil

 Regata at Argenteuil



Sailboat at Le Petite Gennevilliers

  San Giorgio Maggiore at Twilight

Seascape Night Effect

 Snow Effect with Setting Sun

The Artist House at Argenteuil

 The Bend of the Seine at Lavacourt in Winter

 The Boat Sudio


 The Bridge at Argenteuil


 The Church at Vetheuil

 The Harbour at Argenteuil

 The Magpie

Road to Chailly

The Seine at Rouen

Train in the Snow

The Woman in the Green Dress, Camille

Waterloo Bridge, London

Women at the Garden Ville D'Avray

Towing of a Boat

The Seine at Bougival


1922 photograph of Claude Monet with an unidentified visitor in his garden