Giverny By Jasmyne Burns and Amelia Norton

Giverny❖ Located in northern France

❖ Best known as the home of Claude Monet and the subject of his many impressionist paintings

❖ In 1887, various American painters visited Giverny to study the landscape

❖ Grapes are an important part of Giverny’s agricultural economy

Claude Monet

❖ Claude Monet was born November 14th, 1840 in Paris

❖ Birth name: Oscar-Claude Monet

❖ He died at age 85 on December 5th, 1926 in Giverny

❖ He is one of the driving forces behind impressionism

❖ Received drawing lessons from Jacques-François Ochard

❖ Education: Le Havre secondary school of arts

Impressionism

❖ A 19th century art movement that began with a group of Paris-based artists

❖ The name derived from one of Claude Monet’s paintings, “Impression, soleil levant”

❖ First impressionist painting hung in Musée Marmottan-Monet in 1874

Tourist Attractions in Giverny

❖ Claude Monet’s house and gardens, obviously

❖ Musée des Impressionismes Giverny

❖ Natural Mechanical Museum

Works Cited

"Claude Monet." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 02 Feb. 2014. Web. 03 Feb. 2014.

"Giverny and Vernon." Giverny Vernon : In the Heart of Impressionism. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Feb. 2014.

"Giverny." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 26 Jan. 2014. Web. 05 Feb. 2014.

"Impressionism." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 22 Jan. 2014. Web. 03 Feb. 2014.

“Impression, Soleil Levant” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki File:Claude_Monet,_Impression,_soleil_levant.jpg

“Venice Twilight” http://www.artinthepicture.com/paintings/Claude_Monet/Venice-Twilight/

“Madame Monet and Her Son” http://joedonaghy65.blogspot.com/2012/07/madame-monet-and-her-son-by-claude-monet.html

“Giverny” http://www.hotel-leveque.com/blog/2013/04/08/giverny-tour/

“Claude Monet” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Monet

“Museum” http://www.grandeseine2015.fr/actualite/200-000-visiteurs-au-musee-des-impressionnismes-giverny/ http://givernews.com/?2011/10/26/1222-derniers-jours-de-l-expo-clark

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