Claude Monet in Giverny (1883–1926)

1. Monet rents a house in Giverny

   Jan 1, 1883Labels: Giverny house, Claude Monet

   • National Gallery
   • Britannica
   • Giverny org

2. He remakes the Clos Normand flower garden

   Jan 1, 1883Labels: Clos Normand, Garden design

   • Fondation Monet
   • Giverny org

3. Monet purchases the Giverny house

   Jan 1, 1890Labels: Giverny house, Property purchase

   • Britannica
   • National Gallery

4. He begins the Rouen Cathedral painting series

   Jan 1, 1892Labels: Rouen Cathedral, Series painting

   • Rouen Series

5. He acquires land for a water garden

   Jan 1, 1893Labels: Water garden, Japanese bridge

   • National Gallery
   • Art Institute
   • Met Museum

6. He turns repeatedly to the bridge motif

   Jan 1, 1899Labels: Wooden footbridge, Pond paintings

   • Met Museum
   • National Gallery
   • Art Institute

7. He expands the Water Lilies as a core theme

   Jan 1, 1899Labels: Water Lilies, Series painting

   • Met Museum
   • National Gallery

8. Monet’s cataracts begin affecting his vision

   Jan 1, 1908Labels: Cataracts, Monet

   • Britannica

9. He plans large-scale Water Lilies decorations

   Jul 5, 1915Labels: Grand Decorations, Monumental canvases

   • Fondation Monet
   • National Gallery

10. A new studio is built for the giant canvases

    Jul 5, 1915Labels: Giverny studio, Studio building

    • Fondation Monet
    • National Gallery

11. He offers Water Lilies to the French State

    Nov 12, 1918Labels: French State, Water Lilies

    • National Gallery
    • Leslie Parke

12. Cataract surgery changes his color perception

    Jan 1, 1923Labels: Cataract surgery, Vision change

    • JAMA Ophthalmology
    • NGV

13. Monet dies at Giverny after decades of work

    Dec 5, 1926Labels: Death 1926, Giverny

    • Britannica
    • Financial Times

14. Water Lilies panels are installed at the Orangerie

    Jan 1, 1927Labels: Mus e, Installation

    • National Gallery