A port, a garden, a mountain, a village, an island... These five places in France immortalised by the Impressionist and ...

First we meet Oscar, Claude's given name, a teenage caricaturist sketching notable figures in the port city of Le Havre. By ...

The French art critic Louis Vauxcelles described a day trip to Giverny in summer 1905, to visit the home of artist Claude Monet. The painter wore “a suit made of some tweedy material in a beige ...

Each of these 25 locations showcases nature's most awe-inspiring creations. The haunting beauty of Lake Natron in Tanzania, ...

Claude Monet, Water Lilies (ca. 1914-17). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Courtesy of Kimbell Art Museum. From 1890 to 1926, Monet would create more than 250 paintings of the water lilies.

Monet's house and gardens in Giverny, three hours' drive from the port of Cherbourg, are widely celebrated. Here, in the Seine Valley, 90km north-west of Paris, Claude Monet, one of the founders ...

Bridge Over the Water Lily Pond, 1905.In earlier works, Monet painted the footbridge in a crisp, distinct arc. Here, its faint, shadowy curves blend into greenery of the natural surroundings.