Claude Monet - Part II - The House

@JudyEv (325759)

Rockingham, Australia

June 30, 2016 8:55pm CST

This is the second part of a discussion on Claude Monet's house and garden in Giverny, France. The slideshow shows views of some of the rooms and some of impressionist paintings which hang in those rooms. The rooms have been left furnished as they were when Monet lived there. I loved the blue and white kitchen with the highly polished brass pots and pans. I think it is fair to say that they've been polished once or twice since Monet's time.

Claude Monet - Part II - The House

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

1 Jul 16

It looks like he was anything but a 'penniless painter'. Lovely house and gardens, thanks for showing them.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jul 16

Glad you enjoyed the photos. He was relatively wealthy and employed a number of gardeners to start with.

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@much2say (53959)

• Los Angeles, California

1 Jul 16

Wow. I loved that gigantic window at the beginning with the view of the garden . . . oh I would love to have such a view! His house is definitely bigger than what we have here! Oh - imagine cooking in that kitchen - I would love that too!!!

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@much2say (53959)

• Los Angeles, California

3 Jul 16

@JudyEv Is that entire house (beginning of the video) HIS house? Seriously, that is huge - not to mention the garden area!

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jul 16

It is a lovely view from the house isn't it? The house looks down on the garden.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Jul 16

@much2say Yes, it was all his house. There was sort of two families living there. Too complicated to detail here. The garden is huge too with some on each side of the road.

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@topffer (42156)

• France

1 Jul 16

They were employing cooks at the time, and I suppose that this kitchen expresses more the taste of Monet's cook than of Monet. An interesting image book to do would be a book showing the kitchens of great people

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@topffer (42156)

• France

3 Jul 16

@JudyEv All artists are not poor

. A very interesting one is the kitchen of the house of Victor Hugo in Guernsey because he designed it himself

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jul 16

@topffer Monet designed his garden himself and did a lot of the work himself too apparently.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jul 16

For an artist, it seems he was quite wealthy. A book of the kitchens of the rich and famous would be very interesting I think.

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@koopharper (7477)

• Canada

1 Jul 16

Looked like a comfortable life. I liked the kitchen as well.

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@koopharper (7477)

• Canada

3 Jul 16

@JudyEv That is indeed lucky. There is an artist side to my family. My parents did not encourage it because it usually doesn't put bread on the table.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jul 16

@koopharper For every artist who is relatively well off there is probably 10 who are really battling. Same with musicians I guess and other creative fields.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jul 16

He was one of the lucky artists who actually made some money during his lifetime.

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@LadyDuck (458091)

• Switzerland

1 Jul 16

I love the stove, I absolutely love that big coal stove. I have many brass pots, they are a pain to keep clean and shiny.

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@LadyDuck (458091)

• Switzerland

3 Jul 16

@JudyEv Yes, the stove is beautiful, I would love to have one.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jul 16

Brass has probably gone out of fashion. No one has time to be cleaning brass nowadays. The stove is beautiful isn't it?

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Jul 16

@LadyDuck You could really cook up a storm on that stove, couldn't you Anna?

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Claudia Kirkland

@CRK109 (14558)

• United States

2 Jul 16

It's nice to know that others are still loving his home enough to keep it sparkling! Too bad that doesn't happen for all of us!

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jul 16

I don't think I'll be important enough for people to keep my kitchen 'as is'.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Jul 16

@CRK109 Mozart's family were notorious for their 'scatology' (obscene literature that is concerned with excrement and excretion). Their personal letters are full of references to excreta and farting, etc. In their defence I don't think it was so uncommon in those days for people to write about such things. But now much of their correspondence is out there for all the world to see. Now that's something I wouldn't want to be remembered for.

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Claudia Kirkland

@CRK109 (14558)

• United States

3 Jul 16

@JudyEv I won't either, but it's pretty funny to consider. I wonder how many of these people that we really remember today ever thought they would be remembered all these years later? Probably not many of them at all! Food for though, my friend!

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@silvermist (19702)

• India

31 Jul 16

@JudyEv Very good photos and it is nice to see the garden from inside the house.As you said,I too liked the blue and white kitchen.The polished brass pots and pans stand out.

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@silvermist (19702)

• India

3 Aug 16

@JudyEv Of course,I did.I enjoy all your photos,especially of flowers and gardens.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Aug 16

Glad you enjoyed the photos. :)

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 16

@silvermist Thank you.

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@sofssu (23662)

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1 Jul 16

I love the blue tiles and the kitchen.. The number of pans which hang down seem to say that he was a foodie as well. I like the wall paper too.

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@sofssu (23662)

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4 Jul 16

@JudyEv sounds like a sound reason!!

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jul 16

There was quite a number of people at the house so I guess they needed a few pots and pans.

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@crazyhorseladycx (39515)

• United States

1 Jul 16

dang! i'd love to've that stove! how wonderful that all's been left's when he lived there. his stunnin' artwork abounds, lovely views 'f the massive gardens. yepperz, that white'n blue tile caught my eye also. those copper pots jest gorgeously displayed :) thanks fer 'nother trip to mr. monet's place, ms. judy! big hugs!

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crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39515)

• United States

3 Jul 16

@JudyEv prolly not, many family members sold off what they could, kept what they wished'n then 't times sold the residences to the highest bidder.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jul 16

I don't suppose there are too many artists' residences which remain much as they were when the artist was alive.

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@MALUSE (69413)

• Germany

10 Jul 16

What did this household need so many pots for I wonder?

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Jul 16

He had a sick wife and two children (I think it was two) plus a housekeeper/nurse/mistress and her six kids. From what I've read, it was a busy household.

@DianneN (246815)

• United States

5 Jul 16

Absolutely beautiful! The slideshow made me feel as if I were there. However, nothing beats those copper pots!!!!!

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Jul 16

I wonder how often they're polished - and if all the staff duck and dive to get out of the job? :)

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306196)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

6 Jul 16

Those are all beautiful pictures, and the view from the windows of the gardens is spectacular.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306196)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

7 Jul 16

@JudyEv It looks like all plants and the layout is beautiful. I also loved those paintings.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Jul 16

It looks a bit of a wilderness but it's all plants, not weeds.

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@MarymargII (12422)

• Toronto, Ontario

1 Jul 16

So neat- where exactly is Giverny, France? Is it in the north or ?? thanks

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jul 16

Giverny is 50 miles west and slightly north of Paris.

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@MarymargII (12422)

• Toronto, Ontario

3 Jul 16

@JudyEv Okay- I'll see it on the map! thanks!

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@MarymargII (12422)

• Toronto, Ontario

1 Jul 16

I will take a look at the slide show and I too love the gorgeous antique blue and white kitchen- how quaint and sweet!

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jul 16

It looks a lovely kitchen doesn't it? There were quite a few staying in the house in Monet's time.

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@MarymargII (12422)

• Toronto, Ontario

3 Jul 16

@JudyEv I know and yes I love the looks of it! That stove is something else too. Was there quite a few? Did he have a large family or were the guests all colleagues?

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@MarymargII (12422)

• Toronto, Ontario

5 Jul 16

@JudyEv Then I hope that kitchen sufficed-- ha! they would have needed a big one!

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@epiffanie (11326)

• Australia

2 Jul 16

Those pots and pans looked nice hanging there with the white and blue tiles in the background

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jul 16

I love the tiles. I think they're very pretty.

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@Vjvals (906)

• Roseville, California

1 Jul 16

Lots of light and neat art, I don't follow the fine arts all that much but impressionism is my favorite. Many of the other art of that time period seems depressing. All your travels makes for been interesting

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jul 16

Some of the art of the Dutch masters of the time seem very dark and depressing to my mind, not that I know much about it at all.

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@jstory07 (134460)

• Roseburg, Oregon

3 Jul 16

What a nice house and garden.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jul 16

It was a lovely house. I would like to live there.

@JohnRoberts (109857)

• Los Angeles, California

1 Jul 16

You must have also seen the studio. The best collection of Monet paintings are at Musee Marmottan in Paris which also has other impressionist works.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jul 16

I haven't been to the Musee Marmottan. I'm not really into art although I don't mind wandering around art galleries.

@miniam (9154)

• Bern, Switzerland

1 Jul 16

Wow, l love the highly polished pots. Do you have any brass pots? unfortunately l dont.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Jul 16

I don't have any brass pots but I just polished my horse-brasses last week. That was enough for me.

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@tzwrites (4835)

• Romania

4 Jul 16

The white and blue tiles with the copper pots and pans are a lovely combination. I like this old style aesthetic.

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@JudyEv (325759)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Jul 16

It is very pretty isn't it? I wouldn't want to polish those pots though.