Painter · French
Giverny painter
Claude Monet
His arrival in Giverny is the most frequently cited starting point of the village’s reputation.
- Dates1840 — 1926
- NationalityFrench
- DisciplinePainter
- Place of birthParis, France
Biography
A central figure of Impressionism, Claude Monet settled in Giverny in 1883 and remained there until his death in 1926. There he laid out the house and gardens that became the principal motif of the last part of his work.
Giverny
Monet settled in Giverny in 1883 and lived there until his death in 1926. His presence is what brought American painters to the village from 1887 onwards. Institutional sources describe him as a reserved neighbour who did not encourage younger artists to follow him; he nonetheless kept up sustained relations with a few of them, notably John Leslie Breck, Theodore Robinson and Lilla Cabot Perry. His stepdaughter Suzanne Hoschedé married the American painter Theodore Earl Butler in 1892.
Relation with the Hôtel Baudy
Monet was never a lodger at the Hôtel Baudy: he lived a few hundred metres away. The establishment owed most of its artist clientele to his presence. The claim that he himself sent visitors to the hotel circulates in popular accounts, without verified documentary support. His invitation to Cézanne in 1894, however, led that painter directly to lodge with the Baudys.
Principal works
Key points
- 1840Born — Paris, France
- Giverny1883 — 1926, resident
- 1926Died
Sources
- 01Musée d’Orsay, notice d’œuvre « Le Bassin aux nymphéas, harmonie verte », inv. RF 2004
- 02Musée d’Orsay, notice d’œuvre « Le Jardin de l’artiste à Giverny », inv. RF 1983 6
- 03Terra Foundation for American Art, notices sur la colonie américaine de Giverny
- 04Fondation Claude Monet, Giverny — histoire de la maison et du jardin