Monet "en plein air" Part IV

It is designating a painting executed out of doors and representing a direct response to the scene or subject in front of the artist. Mr Dictionary

This is the last part of my Monet series when visiting Giverny last October. For any tourist that wants to go there, even if you're not a photographer, you will become one. There is something in that place that touches your soul and fills it with wonder. If the beauty of the place was immortalized by the man in his paintings, a mere mortal will want to capture it through his or her photographs. The vibrant colors certainly can make you feel glorious and alive!

From here...it goes straight to the main door of his dining room.

Found this by the door, with cracks and chipped parts. Looks familiar?

Right now, the access to the house is to the living room where it is full of reproduction of his paintings, including wall sized ones. With a total of more than 3,000 paintings, they can be found privately and in most museums all over the world. 

The stairs leading to his bedroom are full of japanese drawings of that of a geisha. For the life of me, I can only remember that, and they were too many! 

Some reproductions in his bedroom

I am not really familiar with his works but in his room accordingly, were also artworks from his friends throughout the years. 

As the Father of Impressionisms

For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment; but the surrounding atmosphere brings it to life - the light and the air which vary continually. For me, it is only the surrounding atmosphere which gives subjects their true value. Claude Monet

I have seen some of his paintings with the same subject one after the other, with slight different hues in the color of the background. To be honest, to me there's not much difference except that. Although I can see the painstakingly job that he had to do to capture them in his canvass. 

Passing through

Dumbstrucked!!

I kind of enjoy passing through the kitchen, the blue and green vases look nice against the yellow background. And hanging pots can also be seen in a corner.

Au revoir!

His rose garden from the main door.

Coffee anyone?

As there are no benches anywhere in the garden, in his porch steps is the best place to have that coffee. 

As much as his water lily pond was immortalised by his paintings, what most people do is to see it last in their tour. Fair enough if that was the highlight in them going. 

Personally, i will go there first. Then take my time in the rose garden. It is here where it's simply "amazing"!!!

All images are mine and are original, taken with my Samsung Galaxy S7.

http://m.theartstory.org/artist-monet-claude.htm