The museum is housed in a mansion, and includes paintings
owned by Monet, in addition to many of his works. There is also a room of illuminated manuscripts.
I enjoyed the furnishings in the house. A an elaborate salt cellar.
There is a little bowl behind the cherub in the boat to hold the salt.
A beautiful soup bowl.
I think it would be fun to find this lovely picture at the bottom of
your bowl when you finish eating.
A mysterious clock. For those who don’t really want to know
the time, because the statue is covering most of the clock face.
Here is the painting which gave “Impressionism” its
name. The title is “Impression: Soleil
Levant.” This Monet painting was shown
at the 1874 Paris Art Show.
I enjoyed seeing some of the paintings he completed before his cataracts made it difficult for him to see. Perhaps if he had had our modern cataract surgery we would not have the huge water lily paintings
Monet also owned this painting by Sisley. The gold and brown paints are thick, and come
to a point- making the scene almost sparkle. It reminded me of when I walk
through the woods in the fall, and the sun glistens on the leaves turning
color.
Time for lunch. A
classic French lunch- quiche, salad, and bread.
I have noticed that there are basically 2 salad dressings here- vinegar
and oil, which always includes a bit of mustard; and a sort of creamy Italian.
Vinegar and oil is the standard restaurant dressing. There is a wide variety of
beautiful lettuce. And it is typically
1 euro for a head. It seems not to be
pre-washed. Our first salad was rather
gritty, as I had failed to really wash each leaf separately. So the trade off for beautiful, cheap lettuce
is the extra labor to thoroughly wash it.
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