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ART OR REALITY - WHAT IMPRESSES YOU MORE?

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ART OR REALITY - WHAT IMPRESSES YOU MORE?

 
 

monet's bridge over water lily pond

 

 

Who hasn’t seen Monet’s dreamy renderings of a bridge over a water lily pond? After all, there are quite a few of those paintings, twelve finished ones in all. They have become world-famous and grace many a museum’s impressionist art sections. There is one in our very own Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

  

 
 

 

Claude Monet (1840-1926) was a French painter of the impressionist school. Inspired by the natural beauty of northern France, he purchased a property in Giverny, with a pond, to enjoy it visually and to have it serve as “motifs” for his paintings.

 

Using his passion for horticulture, Monet transformed the pond into a water lily garden. The result was a series of works focusing on a bridge over the lily pond, sometimes also called the Japanese bridge due to its design.

 

The bridge and the pond still exist in Giverny, to which the photographs below attests. These shots was taken by my traveling friend Ellen, who has graciously permitted me to use them here.

 

bridge over water lily pond photo

 

Monet’s hazy-looking paintings made the pond immortal. It’s good to know we can still enjoy the impressionist’s inspiration in its natural, breathtaking beauty.

monet's garden

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Comments (16)

Belinda Spillman
Aspen Lane Real Estate Colorful Colorado - Aurora, CO
Colorado Living!

Theese are beautiful photos.  So nice of your friend to share with us all!

Nov 05, 2016 05:21 AM
Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

Belinda Spillman - thank you! Sometimes I travel vicariously through my friend, she documents all so well.

Nov 05, 2016 05:22 AM
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Olga,

We have been there, sat on the benches where Monet sat, and shared it with the great great grand cat of Monet.  I love the painting, but I loved being there and being part of the scene that much better.  Not far from there is a chateau restaurant that has the best crème brûlée, we have ever had.  A

Nov 05, 2016 06:01 AM
Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

Ron and Alexandra Seigel - sounds wonderful!

Nov 05, 2016 07:05 AM
Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

While I love some art, reality in its most beautiful and natural form is hard to beat.

Monet is one of my favorite artists!  I love his waterlily paintings.

Nov 05, 2016 11:04 AM
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

While both are nice  will take reality everytime.  Just me I guess.

Nov 05, 2016 11:33 AM
Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

Myrl Jeffcoat - I'm with you on the beauty of nature!

Nov 05, 2016 12:24 PM
Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

William Feela - not just you! Nature is hard to beat and it's ever-changing.

Nov 05, 2016 12:25 PM
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

Olga you make this difficult most of the time I love Nature but when it comes to Art I prefer art:)) let's ask our friend Larry Johnston  what he has to say:))Endre

Nov 05, 2016 03:46 PM
James Dray
Fathom Realty - Bentonville, AR

Good morning Olga.  We plan on visiting New York next summer.  If we have time I want to visit the museum.  BTW it looks like just one more post and a few comments and you'll hit the 500K mark.

Nov 05, 2016 07:46 PM
Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

I can go either way but Monet is a special treat and I have seen many of his works. Renoir and Monet are personal favorites.

Nov 05, 2016 08:49 PM
Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

Endre Barath, Jr. - the argument for art is that it sort of "immortalizes" nature's beauty in that moment, while the natural scenes can change.

Nov 05, 2016 10:48 PM
Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

James Dray - good morning James. The Met is a must, but don't try to do the entire museum in one day. Choose a section and enjoy it. The Egyptian Pavilion is impressive. Looking forward to my first 500K!

Nov 05, 2016 10:50 PM
Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

Joe Pryor - Monet is indeed a treat!

Nov 05, 2016 10:51 PM
Larry Johnston
Broker, Friends & Neighbors Real Estate and Elkhart County Subdivisions, LLC - Elkhart, IN
Broker,Friends & Neighbors Real Estate, Elkhart,IN

Hi Endre Barath, Jr.  and Olga Simoncelli ,  Art is such a special subject, because it covers, (as far as paintings go) such a wide variety of works, which includes water color, oils, acrylics, gouache, pastels, charcoal, pencil and more to make such pictures as abstract, realism, impressionism, illustrations and others and when you combine any two, you find a unique world of art that focuses on that piece, which sets it apart from all the rest.  Each of us has a choice and preference making us as unique as any painting.  That's why I enjoy Monet's impressionistic paintings, as well as the detailed art of Normal Rockwell and all the others in-between.

Nov 14, 2016 11:22 AM
Endre Barath, Jr.

Larry I  love Monet, Renoir, Matisse... the short answer is all impressionist painters... my Grandfathers made a living doing Still Life, Landscape and Portraits... Endre

Nov 19, 2016 01:20 PM
Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

Larry Johnston - that is indeed part of the beauty of art - the unpredictable variety and breadth of expression through color, texture and so on.

Nov 14, 2016 11:29 AM