Fondation Claude Monet

Claude Monet did not just paint his garden at Giverny. He designed it as a living palette. Rows of flowers, Japanese bridges, ponds and reflections became subjects for some of his most famous paintings, and many of the gardens visitors see today are maintained according to his original plans. Monet lived and worked here from 1883 until his death in 1926, transforming the property into both home and studio. The house preserves his private world, while the Clos Normand flower garden and Japanese-inspired Water Garden reveal the landscape that shaped his later work. In spring and summer, the gardens become a changing composition of colour, light and water.