Claude Monet's garden in Giverny.
Gourcuff Gradenigo| N° d'inventaire | 23401 |
| Format | 24 x 28 |
| Détails | 240 p. |
| Publication | Montreuil, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782353402717 |
Dead trees, swamps, brambles, and weeds: this is what Gérald Van der Kemp discovered upon his arrival in Giverny in 1977. Following Michel Monet's death, the painter's estate and the collection it housed were bequeathed to the Académie des Beaux-Arts. The house, in poor condition, was entrusted to Gérald Van der Kemp, former chief curator of the Palace of Versailles, who found a new challenge here. With limited government budget allocations, the very social couple appealed to patronage—particularly American—to revive the gardens. With the help of head gardener Gilbert Vahé, the dead trees were replaced, the flowerbeds cleared of weeds, the Japanese bridge was rebuilt, and the paths widened to accommodate visitors and the curious, who are still so numerous today to discover Monet's estate, continually in bloom from April to November. All the flowerbeds were replanted using archival documents and Claude Monet's correspondence with his suppliers.
This book, written by Gilbert Vahé, Nicole Boschung and Valérie Bougault, tells the story of this second life given to the gardens of the painter of Water Lilies, which bears witness to the masterful work carried out over more than forty years to reconstruct these key spaces of the artist's inspiration, thanks to numerous photographs, documents and archives.
A work that will of course appeal to garden enthusiasts, but also to all admirers of the father of modern painting.
Dead trees, swamps, brambles, and weeds: this is what Gérald Van der Kemp discovered upon his arrival in Giverny in 1977. Following Michel Monet's death, the painter's estate and the collection it housed were bequeathed to the Académie des Beaux-Arts. The house, in poor condition, was entrusted to Gérald Van der Kemp, former chief curator of the Palace of Versailles, who found a new challenge here. With limited government budget allocations, the very social couple appealed to patronage—particularly American—to revive the gardens. With the help of head gardener Gilbert Vahé, the dead trees were replaced, the flowerbeds cleared of weeds, the Japanese bridge was rebuilt, and the paths widened to accommodate visitors and the curious, who are still so numerous today to discover Monet's estate, continually in bloom from April to November. All the flowerbeds were replanted using archival documents and Claude Monet's correspondence with his suppliers.
This book, written by Gilbert Vahé, Nicole Boschung and Valérie Bougault, tells the story of this second life given to the gardens of the painter of Water Lilies, which bears witness to the masterful work carried out over more than forty years to reconstruct these key spaces of the artist's inspiration, thanks to numerous photographs, documents and archives.
A work that will of course appeal to garden enthusiasts, but also to all admirers of the father of modern painting.