Monet's Giverny

Paris to Giverny by Train: A Day-Trip Guide

You've probably spent most of your time in Paris on the metro, but the trip to Giverny is by train. You'll leave from Ga…

Gare Saint-Lazare: Monet's Steam and Light

To get from Paris to Giverny, you have to pass through Gare Saint-Lazare. Monet did too, and he even painted the station…

The Train That Made Impressionism Possible

This train doesn't puff steam and it isn't black like the ones in the paintings, but the excitement you feel right now i…

Three Ways to Get from Vernon Station to Giverny

Once you arrive at Vernon station, there are three ways to reach Giverny.

Impressionism: A Name Born of Mockery

How did the Impressionists, who were savaged at the Salon, earned no money and won no recognition, become as famous as t…

Why Monet Settled in Giverny

After years of wandering in pursuit of light, Monet settled in Giverny in 1883. He had spotted the lovely village from a…

The Gift Shop and the Water Lily Studio

You've finally made it into Monet's house. But the first thing to greet you isn't the garden or the house itself. It's t…

Monet's Palette: The Flower Garden

The flower garden, with its riot of colorful blooms, has a nickname: "Monet's palette." Just as a painter squeezes paint…

Monet's House: Exterior and Route

Monet's house is a harmony of pink and green, like a flower among blades of grass. Even those pinks and greens were repo…

Japonisme and Monet's Studio

The first thing you see when you step into Monet's house may strike you as odd. This is the home of the Impressionist Cl…

Poppy Field at Argenteuil

This painting isn't on display in this room, but it's one of Monet's best-known works and you can see it in the gift sho…

"Camille on Her Deathbed"

Find the painting on the detail page. Among the vivid flower paintings is a gloomy, bluish work: "Camille on Her Deathbe…

Woman with a Parasol and Suzanne Hoschedé

Turn your gaze and you'll see a bright, colorful painting of a woman holding a parasol, a mood that couldn't be further…

Monet's Bedroom and Caillebotte's Study

It's a modest room, but a beautiful one, and by the time you reach it you can't help envying Claude Monet. Look out the…

The Hoschedé Daughters' Rooms: Where Two Families Became One

Past Monet's bedroom, a row of small rooms belongs to the daughters of Alice Hoschedé.

The All-Yellow Dining Room

This dining room is a cheerful, head-to-toe yellow. If a restaurant looked like this today, you'd probably go just for t…

The All-Blue Kitchen

Past the yellow dining room lies a kitchen that is blue from top to bottom. The two rooms sit side by side for convenien…

The Water Garden: From Marsh to Japanese-Style Retreat

In the Water Garden, try wearing just one earbud as you walk. Add the sound of running water and birdsong, and a sense o…

Sleeping Flowers: Monet's Last 30 Years with Water Lilies

As you stroll along the pond, are the water lilies in bloom, or are their heads bowed? Don't be disappointed if they hav…

Where to Eat in Giverny: Cafés, a Restaurant and the Best Sandwiches

Giverny is a village in the countryside with few places to eat, and because it is a tourist magnet, prices near Monet's…

The Giverny Museum of Impressionisms

This museum with a modern façade first opened in 1992 as the American Giverny Museum, because it mainly showed work by A…

Hôtel Baudy: The Painters' Gathering Place

Did you find the Baudy Hotel? From the outside it looks unremarkable, so you may wonder what this place is. To the right…

Monet's Grave and the Fate of His House and Garden

Past the quiet church, a small sign in the cemetery points to Monet's grave. For a man of his fame, it is strikingly mod…

Musée Marmottan Monet

Why "Marmottan Monet" and not simply the Claude Monet Museum? The building began as the Marmottan Museum, home to the ar…

The Orangerie: Monet's Room of Water Lilies

If the Musée Marmottan Monet is an existing museum to which Monet's works were added, the Musée de l'Orangerie was creat…

Musée d'Orsay: From Railway Station to Impressionist Mecca

When it comes to Impressionist museums, the most famous of all is the Musée d'Orsay. It covers art from the mid-19th cen…

Monet and His Mentor, Eugène Boudin

In the Orsay segment, we mentioned that the Naturalist painter Eugène Boudin is called Claude Monet's teacher. Here is h…

Naturalism vs. Impressionism: What's the Difference?

Naturalism takes its name from its subject: it broke away from the themes of academic art and chose nature instead. But…