Giverny is a commune in the northern French department of Eure. The village is located on the "right bank" of the river Seine at its confluence with the river Epte. It lies 80 km (50 mi) west-northwest of Paris, in the region of Normandy. It is best known as the location of Claude Monet's garden and home.
Water lilies in Claude Monet's garden in Giverny, from which he created his Water Lilies series.
Monet's house in Giverny, Normandy
The water lily pond in Monet's garden at Giverny shown in his The Waterlily Pond, green harmony (1899)
Water Lilies is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet (1840–1926). The paintings depict his flower garden at his home in Giverny, and were the main focus of his artistic production during the last thirty years of his life. Many of the works were painted while Monet suffered from cataracts.
Claude Monet, The Water Lilies – Setting Sun, 1920–1926, Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris
Claude Monet, Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond, c. 1920, 200 × 1276 cm (78.74 × 502.36 in), oil on canvas, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Le Bassin Aux Nymphéas, 1919, private collection
Water Lilies, 1919, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City