Little House in the Woods - CanvasPhoto Credit: Carrie King Location: Belvidere, IL U. S. A.

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so that when Monet came down to paint – he would not be distracted by their reflections and able instead to focus clearly on what he saw on

"I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers

France stands a flower garden of unimaginable beauty

Location: Claude Monet's Home in Giverny

Location: Kellie Castle | Scotland

Monet rose from poverty to become an acclaimed master painter within his lifetime

Built in 1754 as a tranquil garden in the Latin Quarter of the 6th arrondissement of Paris

The sound of centuries-old steel chimes reverberated deeply throughout the courtyard of Place Saint-Sulpice as I arrived

"  having blazed a trail for a new and untraditional style of painting

Laid out across acres of grounds in front of Monet's home in Giverney

the flowers