Why a Booktrail?
Art is definitely more of an adventure than Katie could ever have imagined!
Katie and the Impressionists
What you need to know before your trail
Katie loves an adventure and when she doesn’t know what to get for her granny’s birthday, she has the idea of visiting an art gallery and stepping inside a picture – and collect some of the flowers painted by Monet, Degas for example?
There are three Impressionist painters to meet as Katie explores five fabulous masterpieces: The Luncheon and The Field With Poppies by Claude Monet, A Girl With a Watering Can and Her First Evening Out by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, The Blue Dancers by Edgar Degas
Travel Guide
Giverny
The world of Monet
Giverny
Claude Monet’s house & ornate gardens is the place to go to see the pictures for real. Fondation-monet.com is now where the house still stands as a homage to the great painter himself. This really is the best place to visit if you’re a Monet fan since he lived here for forty-three years, from 1883 to 1926. He loved gardening and flowers as the colours fascinated him and he regarded his flower garden and water garden as true works of art. When you realise, this is where the Master of Impressionism was inspired by, you can understand a little more about the great man himself
Paris
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, commonly known as Auguste Renoir was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. In 1844 the family moved to Paris to rue d’Argenteuil in central Paris, which was very close to the Louvre museum where many of his paintings are today. Edgar Degas was famous for his paintings on dance and is considered to be one of the founders of Impressionism. He actually used to work in The Louvre Museum, as a copyist.
Streetview Maps
A) France - Giverny - Monet's house
C) France - Paris - Degas Home
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Katie and the Impressionists
Author/Guide: James Mayhew Destination: Giverny, Paris
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