Claire Joyes
Author
Publisher
[Distributed in the United States of America by Rizzoli International Publications]
Pub. Date
[©1985]
Language
English
Description
For forty-three years Monet lived and painted at Giverny and he created there one of the loveliest gardens ever known. For the first time, in this book both the gardens Monet planted and the gardens as they have been lovingly restored by Gérald Van der Kemp are seen together. In his introduction Van der Kemp tells how he brought the badly neglected garden and house back to their original condition. The restored gardens are beautifully photographed...
Publisher
Two Four Productions, Ltd
Pub. Date
[2004], c1999
Language
English
Description
The great impressionist Claude Monet's most inspirational subject on was right on his own doorstep-- Giverny, a garden that was planted to be painted. Given unrivalled access to Giverny over the course of a year by the Foundation Claude Monet, this tour of the estate follows the full cycle of the garden. Explores the legacy of beauty that Monet left in his garden and in his art, and the incredible interrelationship between the two.
