photography imitates art

 

The Dallas Arboretum has a section "Small Houses of Great Artists."  The Monet cottage replicates "The Water-Lily Pond and Japanese Bridge."  In 1893, Monet, a passionate horticulturist, purchased land with a pond near his property in Giverny,France.  intending to build something "for the pleasure of the eye and also for motifs to paint." The result was his water-lily garden. In 1899, he began a series paintings of the wooden footbridge over his water-lily garden. 

 

Dallas Arboretum

Dallas, Texas

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9-18.2012