Charming, pleasant and peaceful, it is a museum to sit and contemplate Monet's magnificent canvases, which depict the garden of his house in Giverny at different times of the day, at different times of the year, showing how the nuances of light and shadow changed the beautiful landscape.
Les Nynpheas is, in addition to a splendid series of paintings, an invitation to reflect on the passage of time and the tranquility that nature brings us.
The museum also exhibits works by important artists such as Cézanne, Matisse, Modigliani, Picasso, Renoir and Sisley, among others.
The technique of Claude Monet, a French painter, "Impressionism" (named after an 1872 painting by the artist, "Impression: Sunrise"), was later considered one of the most beautiful in the world. In this process, the figures are shown up close as smudges, without clear contours, but, when we distance the vision, the picture is formed, exquisitely.
The period of “Les Nymphéas” – which depict the gardens of the artist's house in Giverny, occupies the last three decades of his life. Monet died in 1926, at the age of 86.
The painter, in an authentic manifesto of peace, donated his first two panels to France, after the armistice of November 11, 1918, which was a treaty between Germany and the Allies aimed at ending World War I aggression on the western front.
Other panels were acquired later, but it was not until 1927, months after his death, that the Musée de l'Orangerie was open to the public, after necessary modifications, with his magnificent works.
The museum contains eight compositions made from different panels joined together. These compositions are all the same height (1.97 m), but of different widths to be placed on the curved walls of two elliptical-shaped rooms.
The installations of Monet's works were made according to his wishes. Nothing was by chance. He planned the layout, position of the screens and the size of the rooms, making the visualization of his work unparalleled in any other part of the world.
But the museum has much more to offer: The Jean Walter and Paul Guillaume collection, which brings together 146 works from the 1860s to 1930s, in addition to temporary exhibitions.
The history of this permanent collection is intriguing...
Paul Guillaume (1891 – 1934) was a young collector, who gathered a fabulous collection of hundreds of works. He married Domenica, born Juliette Lacaze (1898 – 1977), but... died in full force at the age of 42. His intention was to offer his collection to the State, but Domenica, who had inherited his fortune and his collection, did not wish to part with the works. He married again, in 1838, to Jean Walter (1883-1957), an architect.
The works of Renoir, Cézanne, Gauguin, Monet, Sisley, Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani, Soutine, Laurencin, Rousseau, Derain, Utrillo and Van Dongen are truly spectacular.
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L'ORANGERIE MUSEUM
Domenica sold several works and bought many others, modifying the collection. She adopted a son, they say, to prevent the collection from being donated to the state (Will it be?). Finally, she had to sell her collection to the French State, for a pittance, after scandals, intrigues and accusations.
Despite the agreement, Domenica had the usufruct of the works and, only after his death, in 1977, the Government had definitive possession of the collection. Then the museum began work... After the construction of the new space to house the collection, which lasted from 1978 to 1984, the public was finally contemplated.