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Monet first glimpsed Giverny from a train window in 1883. He rented the house, then bought it—choosing a place where light and garden would become his lifelong studio.

Water Lilies and Weeping Willow Branches - 1916/1919 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11223

The Grand Dock at Le Havre - 1874 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/7788

Infantry Guards Wandering along the River - 1870 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/7297

Haystacks (Effect of Snow and Sun) - 1891 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/105356

The Seine in Vétheuil, the effect of the sun after the rain - 1879 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/3109924

Bullfighter (Torero) (unbound plate) from Le Carmen des Carmen https://botfrens.com/collections/111/contents/1140139

Lavacourt, Sun and Snow - 1879 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9287

(The Bank of) Lavacourt - 1878/1879 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/3109908

Cover for Babylone d'Allemagne

Trees at the water's edge, spring in Giverny - 1885 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/3110102

Entering the Village of Vetheuil in Winter - 1879 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9265

Monet often reworked series back home at Giverny—finishing London and Venice canvases years later from memory, sketches, and sensation. The vision matured after the moment.

Coal Dockers - 1875 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/8619

Waterloo Bridge, sun effect - 1903 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/3110594

Oat field - 1890 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/3110235

Bust of a woman, arms raised https://botfrens.com/collections/111/contents/31146

Sometimes Monet planted his art before he painted it. At Giverny, he redesigned nature like a canvas—diverting rivers, planting lilies, bamboo, and willows. “My finest masterpiece,” he said, “is my garden.”

Christmas turkey https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/20037

The Debacle - 1880/1881 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/3109943