Claude Monet The Japanese Footbridge

Claude Monet The Japanese Footbridge (1899) Japanese Footbridge is an oil painting by Claude Monet. It was painted in 1899. In 1893 Monet moved to a house in rural Giverny. In 1893 and the years following, he turned a swampy area at Giverny into a water lily pool. It became a source of artistic inspiration. …

Vincent Van Gogh Vase With Oleanders And Books

Vincent Van Gogh Vase With Oleanders And Books (1888) “Vase with Oleanders and Books” is a floral still life painting by Dutch post-impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh, featuring a bouquet of oleander flowers and books on a table. Vincent described oleanders as joyous, life-affirming flowers that bloomed “inexhaustibly” and were always “putting out strong new …