My daughter and I are planning a trip to include Giverny, and Monet's garden. Also Rouen, and Monet's church. (I realize it is Rouen Cathedral, and not really Monet's Church; but it is his church to me.) We want to take the Chunnel, and arise like Diana out of the sea, then taking a train across the French countryside. Yes, we'll see the City of Lights (Paris). But the country is where I think my heart will rejoice. And Provence, too, where Van Gogh lived. We're not even painters, but you don't have to be a full-out artist to be captured by Monet.
Monet's 'Water Lillies."
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| "I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it" quote by Shakespeare--I mean it also |
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| Monet's Church |
Today there was a great article about Monet, and links to several others. I realize his obsessive-compulsive tendancies about painting, and how they affected his first wife aren't ever discussed. Are we right to appreciate the art at such a high cost? I don't know. But what wonderful art.
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| Monet lived a long time gardening. |
Here's a link about how Monet developed his garden.
'Monet's Green Thumb: How Art Grew From A Garden'
http://www.npr.org/2012/06/07/154007039/monets-green-thumb-how-art-grew-from-a-garden
'Monet The Gardener: Life, And Art, Grow At Giverny'
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| Monet's home. It's there and open to visitors! |
Monet's technique didn't just happen one day. He and the other Impressionists worked and worked, discussed, observed, and studied. They took the new opportunities of less class structure in France to work their art in a new perspective without the consent or approval of the 'upper' class. Power to the people. People who were painting.
'Monet's Canvas Cathedrals: A Life Study Of Light'
The community of artists influenced each other. Young Monet had a mentor in Boudin, and also had a chance to view the Englishman Turner's paintings, and collaborate with the American Whistler. No man is an island, so to speak.
'Eugene Boudin: The Man Who Inspired Monet'
Following his passion left us such a wonderful inheritance. What will we leave?
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