GIVERNY GARDEN AND THE AMERICAN MUSEUM

The garden of the great painter Claude Monet is a place of memory, a  place of creation. Seing this garden one remembers his research for transparence, his quest to capture  colours on different backrounds, in the shade, or in full sun-light ... The Giverny watergarden is a place  of stunning beauty where all  shadows are calculated : in the center, infinite variations of the sky, on the borders, the thickness of the reflexion of the vegetation... To this universe in unstable shades, Monet surimposed a second creation, the series of Waterlilies. 

In the spring, crocuses are near to the ground. In May, the irises rise a little higher. The roses and clematis in June play with the wind in the poppies. And in the Automn, the magnificent dahlias mingle with the masses of velveted asters.

The visit  of Giverny can be profitably completed by the visit of the American Art Museum:  

Over a century ago a colony of American artists settled in Giverny near the house of Claude Monet. Following their footsteps, the Musée d'Art Américain Giverny invites to discover American art from 1750 to nowadays, with new exhibitions every year.

Before returning to Paris one can contemplate  two very beautiful Monet  paintings of which one Waterlilies in the  Vernon museum. 

(By train it will take about one hour to go from Paris to Vernon and from there by shuttle bus to Giverny.)