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Claude Monet - The Japanese Bridge 1918-1926. Monet had already made the small country village of Giverny,
located forty miles northwest of Paris, his home for ten years when in 1893 he purchased nearby land to create a
garden that would provide him with material to paint on rainy days or when he was not traveling. The elaborate water
lily pond and the gardens surrounding Monet's home and studio became two of the most prevalent, recurring motifs
of the last thirty years of his career. - art-Monet.com