Giverny and the artists
« He is the one I think of when I think of light . »
André Masson
In his garden in Giverny, Claude Monet experimented with a new way of using colour and pushed the study of
nature to the limits of abstraction .His extraordinary freedom of execution, his revolutionary conception of
pictorial space and the emotional purity which radiates from the brushstrokes of his last works have inspired
numerous artistic movements, such as lyric abstraction, action painting and tachism.
Jackson Pollock, Joan Mitchell , Sam Francis, André Masson…..All the great names of modern art have hailed the Master of Giverny as being the precursor of Abstract Art. Kandinsky acknowledged that seeing the « Meules » was a revelation to him. This same series was to also inspire Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.
Since the painter’s death, so many artists have claimed artistic filiation to Monet and have come to Giverny on a pilgrimage , searching the water garden to discover the secret of the light in the « Nymphéas ».
The artists’ residency
For almost 20 years, The Versailles/Giverny Foundation has financed, every year, the stay, for three months, of three American artists, selected in New York by Art Production Fund. Three furnished apartments and a studio are placed at their disposal . This residency is a way to honour the American donors , without whom Giverny would not have become what it is today.
The Versailles /Giverny Foundation offers them the return air ticket , as well as a grant. The « Fondation Claude Monet » places accommodation, a studio and a vehicle at their disposal.
Reading :
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"Voyage à Giverny", from Monet to Joan Mitchell |
Colombus Museum of Art Musée Marmottan Monet |
Past Artisists-in-Residence in Giverny :
- Will Cotton
Américain, born in 1965
- Steve Dibenedetto
American, born in 1958 - Dan Hays
English, born in 1966 - Yeardley Leonard
American, born in 1969 - Miranda Lichtenstein
American, born in 1969 - Mary Lucier
American, born in 1944 - Cameron Martin
American, born in 1970 - Alexander Ross
American, born in 1960 - Mark Tansey
American, born in 1949 - Eric Wolf
American, born in 1960
