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Monet's Garden at Giverny: Sunflowers

A collection of reference photos of Giverny for artists to use as inspiration.

Claude Monet's Gardens at Giverny
Image: © 2006 Marion Boddy-Evans. Licensed to About.com, Inc.
In front of Monet's house at Giverny there's a huge flower garden. Exactly what species of flowers you'll see in it depends on the time of year you visit.

If Van Gogh had visited the garden, no doubt he would have picked these sunflowers and put them in a vase to paint!

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